Viktor Troicki was fined $10,000 (8,900 euros) yesterday for his astonishing Wimbledon meltdown while Serena Williams was hit with the same punishment for smashing her racquet. Fiery Troicki, the 25th seed from Serbia, slumped to a second round 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 defeat to Spain’s Albert Ramos Vinolas after slipping to match point down on a controversial over-rule by umpire Damiano Torella.
“You’re the worst umpire in the world, you’re so bad,” screamed Troicki, who received a code violation for his behaviour. He lost the match on the next point but continued his rant as Torella climbed down from his perch. “You’re horrible, you know what you did. You are the worst ever, you’re an idiot,” he said.
Defending women’s champion Williams was handed a $10,000 fine for smashing her racquet after losing the first set of her third round tie to Christina McHale on Friday and then throwing it behind her, where it landed on the lap of a television cameraman.
Britain’s Heather Watson was handed the heaviest fine of $12,000 after jamming her raquet into the ground during her defeat to Germany’s Annika Beck. Australian Nick Kyrgios has been fined after both his matches so far and his $4,000 punishment for an audible obscenity during Friday’s second-round win over Dustin Brown took his tally to $6,500.

1966 World Cup winners a smash at Wimbledon
England’s current football team would not get much of a cheer these days but there was a standing ovation at Wimbledon yesterday for members of the 1966 World Cup-winning side.
While England went tumbling out of the 2016 European Championships with a humiliating defeat to Iceland, the squad from 50 years ago can still raise a rousing reception, as proved when they were introduced to the Centre Court crowd.
It has become a Wimbledon tradition on middle Saturday that the great and good of British sport are invited to the Royal Box. The ovation for Gordon Banks, Bobby Charlton, Roger Hunt and hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst from the 1966 World Cup-winning team raised the roof — which was back on due to yet more rain.
They were joined by 1966 Wimbledon champions Manuel Santana and Billie Jean King, plus fellow former title winners Ashley Cooper, Margaret Court and John McEnroe. Sharp-suited former England football captain David Beckham was also invited into the Royal Box.
British Olympic cycling legend Chris Hoy, who was in Andy Murray’s box when his fellow Scot won the 2013 title, and 2000 Sydney heptathlon gold medallist Denise Lewis, were also introduced to the crowd. Cricket stars Geoff Boycott, James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Charlotte Edwards were joined by boxers Carl Froch and Nicola Adams, World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont and former Ireland and Lions rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll among the host of stars.
There were huge cheers too for Joy Lofthouse, one of the very few female pilots in World War II, who flew Spitfires and Hurricanes. Yesterday’s Centre Court schedule started with Simona Halep’s clash against Kiki Bertens, followed by Murray taking on John Millman and Milos Raonic versus Jack Sock.





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