Rain of a different sort has stopped play during several matches at SW19 "Rain stops play" has been a familiar refrain in past Wimbledon championships but players this year have faced delays from a far less obvious hazard. On court 18, on Friday, an umpire was forced to play a let after two champagne corks flew through the air and landed on the court during a rally in a third-round match between France's Benoît Paire and Jiří Veselý, from the Czech Republic.
Rain of a different sort has stopped play during several matches at SW19 "Rain stops play" has been a familiar refrain in past Wimbledon championships but players this year have faced delays from a far less obvious hazard. On court 18, on Friday, an umpire was forced to play a let after two champagne corks flew through the air and landed on the court during a rally in a third-round match between France's Benoît Paire and Jiří Veselý, from the Czech Republic.
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