Caroline Wozniacki appeared to be the player most distracted by an annual invasion of flying ants at Wimbledon today as she was dumped out of the tournament in the second round.
The Australian Open champion, seeded second for SW19 after winning the Eastbourne International for the second time, found herself pestered by scores of the insects during her clash with world No 35 Ekaterina Makarova on Court One.
An exasperated Wozniacki requested some repellent after losing the opening set, and battled back to emphatically claim the second. She then dropped the decider, losing 4-6, 6-1, 5-7.
The Dane had earlier expressed her displeasure to the umpire, complaining that the insects were continually flying close to her mouth and hands as she tried to concentrate on the match.
"We need to do something, can we have like a spray or something? This is ridiculous," she said while also calling for the tournament official to be contacted.