A 15-year-old German player was disqualified from Wimbledon\u2019s junior tournament after she angrily threw her racket on the grass and it bounced into the stands, the All England Club confirmed today.<\/p>\n
The incident involving Ida Wobker occurred toward the end of the second set of a girls\u2019 singles first-round match on Saturday (local time).<\/p>\n
Romanian opponent Maria Valentina Pop had won the opening set 6-0 and it was 5-5 all in the second when Wobker missed a backhand long and lost her cool. She threw the racket toward the court and it bounced up and into the few rows of stands lining Court 11.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t clear if the racket hit any spectators but Wobker walked over toward the stands and got her racket back.<\/p>\n
After a lengthy wait for a verdict from tournament officials, the chair umpire announced that Wobker was defaulted for unsportsmanlike conduct.<\/p>\n
There is no prize money in the junior tournaments, so Wobker was not fined.<\/p>\n
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