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Wimbledon to Crack Down on Influencers After US Open Controversy
Confirmed
In Short: Wimbledon is set to ban influencers from the grounds next year, following disruptions at the US Open.
Wimbledon will not be credentialing influencers and will confiscate any ring lights or other items that could disrupt matches, according to reports.
The decision comes after a series of incidents at the US Open, including an influencer using a ring light during Naomi Osaka's match and a group of influencers being admonished in a suite.
Wimbledon's move is part of a broader trend, as the US Open has already credentialed nearly 100 content creators and influencers under a new program.
What's confirmed
- Wimbledon does not plan on providing credentials to influencers next summer in hopes of avoiding the issues that affected this year's US Open, according to The Press Association.
What's still developing
- Carlos Alcaraz beat American 20th seed Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in a high-voltage tennis hit-fest on Sunday to reach the US Open quarterfinals and remain firmly on track for back-to-back titles at Flushing Meadows.
- Alcaraz hasn’t dropped a single set in four matches at the US Open after a win over Tommy Paul in the last 16.
- Still, the Spaniard stood firm before striking late to snatch the opening set.
- The 23-year-old left a vapour trail with a crosscourt winner to carve out an early opening in the second set and swiftly took a 2-0 lead, before trading breaks with Paul and breezing through the remaining games for a commanding lead.
- After shifting down to cruise mode, Alcaraz briefly flinched at the finish line, but he regrouped to deliver the knockout blow and set up a meeting with American Ben Shelton or Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round.
- Kimi Antonelli's victory from 19th on the grid is the second furthest back a driver has come from to win a grand prix Kimi Antonelli's stunning victory in the Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the grid will go down in Formula 1 folklore - and, remarkably, his team boss Toto Wolff said that he had seen it coming on Saturday.
- It was an eye-opening statement given they started the race 17 places apart on the grid, George Russell on the front row alongside shock pole winner Pierre Gasly's Alpine; Antonelli on the penultimate row.
- There was a virtual safety car (VSC), called when Lance Stroll's Aston Martin broke down at the first corner.