{"id":16396,"date":"2026-07-07T18:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=16396"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:09:12","slug":"learn-how-to-lose-wimbledon-star-clashes-with-opponent-after-breaking-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=16396","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Learn how to lose\u2019 \u2013 Wimbledon star clashes with opponent after breaking rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Latvian tennis star Jelena Ostapenko (Picture: BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jelena Ostapenko told her opponent Laura Siegemund to ‘learn how to lose’ after a heated row broke out over a rules controversy at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Ostapenko and her partner Marcelo Arevalo punched their ticket into the Mixed Doubles semi-finals with a straight-set victory over Laura Siegemund and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.<\/p>\n

However, their victory was overshadowed by a heated post-match debate following a rules controversy in the closing stages of the second set tie-break.<\/p>\n

Finely poised at 7-7, Siegemund was given a time violation by chair umpire Jonas Welte after taking too long with her first serve.<\/p>\n

The German thereby forfeited her first serve, before going on to miss her second serve long and lose the point.<\/p>\n

Both Siegemund and Roger-Vasselin immediately confronted the umpire to contest the decision, with Siegemund insisting that the umpire had failed to penalise opponent Ostapenko\u00a0for similar infractions.<\/p>\n

‘Every time in a big moment she throws 18 times the ball up, and that\u2019s nothing, and one time I\u2019m over the time and it\u2019s a big point and you give me it [the time violation], it\u2019s unbelievable,’ Siegemund said. ‘She did it and you did nothing.’<\/p>\n

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Laura Siegemund and Edouard Roger-Vasselin complained to the chair umpire (Picture: BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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No handshake \u274c<\/p>\n

Tensions high at Wimbledon as Laura Siegemund wasn't happy with how long Jelena Ostapenko took between serves \ud83d\ude2c pic.twitter.com\/iQIybuX5Qp<\/a><\/p>\n

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 7, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Ostapenko and Arevalo went on to win the match on the very next point, but tensions only rose as both teams approached the net.<\/p>\n

Both female players declined to shake hands, although Ostapenko did shake hands with Roger-Vasselin as they exchanged more words.<\/p>\n

Siegemund then headed back towards the chair umpire to protest his decision before appearing to storm off the court.<\/p>\n

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Ostapenko and Roger-Vasselin debated the ruling after the match (Picture: BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Ostapenko was clearly keen to wade into the debate, saying to the German as she walked away: ‘Just take the loss a bit better, learn how to lose.’<\/p>\n

The Latvian then continued to debate the ruling with Roger-Vasselin, adding: ‘It’s a very good rule and he (the umpire) did a great job. <\/p>\n

‘Finally someone is not afraid to do that when she is taking like two minutes between the serves and before the serves. Everyone knows this.’ <\/p>\n

‘She was late a lot of times, you maybe didn’t look at the clock,’ Ostapenko added before saying that Siegemund’s behaviour was also ‘not very nice’.<\/p>\n

Ostapenko and Arevalo play Christian Harrison and Shuai Zhang for a place in the Mixed Doubles final.<\/p>\n

The Latvian previously reached the final with Robert Lindstedt in 2019 but suffered a straight-set defeat to Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan.<\/p>\n

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