Controversy Erupts at Wimbledon as ?Circus?-Like Scenes Unfold as Fans React in Dismay to Protestors Turning Grass to Clay in Bizarre Scenes

The start of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships has been far from ideal. Fans have been critical of the rain delays and poor scheduling in the opening couple of days. The organizers have now been forced to schedule over 80 singles matches today. After another short delay on Day 3, we are finally seeing some regular action on the courts of SW 19. But, the misery does not end here.

It seems like the Wimbledon security has failed too. The ‘Just Stop Oil’ Protests have been disrupting sporting events across Europe recently, especially in the UK. Despite alerting the security of the potential threat, Wimbledon became the victim of these protests on the third day. The fans were certainly not pleased with Wimbledon failing to live up to expectations.

Twitterati reacts to security failure at Wimbledon

Usually, these protests are expected in the main courts. However, this one took place on Court 18. It took place early in the second set of Grigor Dimitrov‘s match against Sho Shimabukuro.

The fans had enough of Wimbledon chaos in these three days and we saw some outrageous reactions on Twitter.

A fan said that it has started to get hilarious now.

While one fan used a reaction video to laugh at Wimbledon’s failure.

The pun game was on point on this ‘puzzling‘ behavior

A fan also suggested how the puzzle pieces would camouflage on clay if it happened on dirt.

Belinda Bencic uploaded a picture with a puzzle set just a few hours ago, and that was brought up as well.

A twitter user assumed the puzzle pieces were mini-carrots.

One of the users mentioned how the protest group alerted Wimbledon of a potential pitch invasion and how the security still could not stop them.

However, Wimbledon took the required measures against the protestors as the act of vandalism is against the rules.

Wimbledon punishes the protestors

Following the incident, Wimbledon security removed the protestors from the grounds. The official account later tweeted that they have also been arrested. Not quite surprising, considering Wimbledon were likely to take strict actions.

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The Wimbledon official account tweeted, “Following an incident on Court 18, two individuals have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass and criminal damage and these individuals have now been removed from the Grounds.”

Do you think we are going to see more such protests in the upcoming days? Let us know in the comments.

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