‘Never seen that before’ – Tennis star loses Wimbledon game after bizarre wardrobe malfunction

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Daria Kasatkina crashed out of Wimbledon in a bizarre game where she lost a point after her earring got stuck in her shirt.The 16th seed fell to a straight-sets defeat to No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova, 6-2, 6-3, in the third round on No. 3 Court on Saturday.Wimbledon hopeful Daria Kasatkina was hampered by her earringKasatkina was looking to make a fast start in the second set, but a wardrobe malfunction curtailed her bid to earn an immediate break. The Australian’s woes were encapsulated by a unique incident when she was forced to stop playing a point by an errant piece of jewellery.With Samsonova serving, Kasatkina struck a forehand return as her earring became entangled in her Adidas polo shirt.The 28-year-old was unable to free herself in time to respond to Samsonova’s routine backhand, which then rolled past her.“I’m not sure what happened there,” a BBC commentator said, while another responded: “I think her earring got caught on her shirt.“That’s not something you see very often. That’s so unfortunate, especially as she was within touching distance in the game.”After one of the commentators remarked that she had ‘never seen that before’, her colleague recalled Caroline Wozniacki’s incident at the 2014 US Open in which her racket got entangled in her hair.“It’s not something you see every match or every tournament, that’s for sure,” the pundit continued.“I would be taking the earrings out!”The wardrobe malfunction gifted Russian Samsonova an easy hold at the start of the second, which she duly built on to claim victory.Samsonova won comfortably to reach the Round of 16GettyThe 26-year-old booked her place in the fourth round of Wimbledon, and Kasatkina said: “I knew that it was going to be very tough…”“She’s in great shape, winning a lot, especially on grass, and her game… It’s very good on this surface.“Of course, I think I could do better on my side, but I also have to give her credit. She played a very, very good match.“Her serve is one of the most dangerous ones on tour. A few times, I looked [at] the speed, it was about 170 miles per hour… We all know her game is super aggressive… I didn’t feel like she was giving me any gifts today.”Samsonova will now battle world No. 19 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro for a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.The Spaniard downed Coco Gauff’s conqueror Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 over on Court 16.