Saturday, June 26, 2010

Wimbledon reviewing whether player spat at crowd

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -Wimbledon is looking into whether to fine No. 31-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania for allegedly spitting toward the crowd during a match.

Hanescu was warned by the chair umpire for spitting and for swearing during the fifth set of Friday's third-round match against Daniel Brands of Germany. Hanescu stopped playing while trailing 3-0 in that set, and the reason was officially listed by the tournament as a leg injury.

Tournament referee Andrew Jarrett said his office "is reviewing further information from this match."


Police arrested four people at that match's court for disrupting public order. The tournament could not verify whether the episodes were related.



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