Victoria Azarenka hit one of the spectators at Wimbledon-2023, but not on purpose, but found out about it only after the end of the match with Daria Kasatkina.

Victoria Azarenka Photo: Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP / Profimedia

With the score tied at 1-1 in the second set, Victoria wanted to make sure Daria couldn’t come back and hit so hard that the ball bounced over the fence and hit a spectator watching the match from the side court.

At the end of the match, Azarenka shared pictures published by the organizers: “Oh… Sorry, friend.”

Although the player from Belarus did not want to hit a spectator, netizens recalled similar events involving Novak Djokovic (US Open 2020) or Mia Kato (Roland Garros 2023): “Djokovic would have been kicked out of the competition for that.”

Know:

  • Two-time Grand Slam winner (Australian Open 2012 and 2013) Azarenka will meet Elina Svitolina in the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon. The match will take place on Sunday on Court 1 after two other singles matches.
  • The winner of Svitolina and Azarenka will play in the quarters against the winner of the match Iga Sviatek (1st favorite) – Belinda Bencic (14).

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