‘I've never seen that before' – Wimbledon star loses game due to wardrobe malfunction in bizarre scenes
The 16th seed was taking on No19 Liudmila Samsonova.
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Daria Kasatkina's earring caught on her shirt
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The Aussie lost the point after not being able to move freely
After striking a forehand return, Kasatkina's earring caught her Adidas polo.
The Aussie was unable to free her ear in time to respond to Samsonova's next ball.
Not quite believing her luck, Russian star Samsonova watched her routine backhand trundle beyond the helpless Kasatkina.
This incident rather summed up Kasatkina's outing on No3 Court.
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The former quarter-finalist here in SW19 was blitzed early on by Samsonova.
Kasatkina trailed 6-2 2-0 40-40 before both players were forced to go off by a rain delay.
At this point umpire Nico Helwerth
If a break may have done Kasatkina some good following her bad start, it did not.
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Kasatkina was easily beaten by Liudmila Samsonova
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When play resumed around two hours later, it was much of the same for the 28-year-old.
Kasatkina went on to be beaten 6-2 6-3 by her in-form opponent.
'Favourite part of Wimbledon,' say fans as umpire is wheeled away 'like piece of furniture' when rain hits
Samsonova will next face Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
The Spaniard defeated
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