Yulia Putintseva expressed grave concern about her safety Monday during her first-round loss at Wimbledon, where she asked an umpire to remove a spectator whom she considered “crazy” and “dangerous.”
When facing American Amanda Anisimova on court 15, the current world No. 33 informed the umpire of her uneasiness about the fan during a change of ends in the first set while down, 3-0.
“Can you take him out? I’m not going to continue playing until he leaves,” Putintseva, 30, said on the BBC broadcast, according to CNN. “These people are dangerous, they’re crazy.”
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