Olympics viewers could not believe what they were watching when tuned into a tennis match between world No.1 Iga Swiatek and American star Danielle Collins.
Swiatek eventually won after Collins retired through injury in the third set, but during a break in play the TV cameras turned to spectators who had started a Mexican wave.
The tradition often takes place when fans are bored of the action, coming after a lull in play, but as the cameras focused on three people – a man, woman and child – jaws dropped when that woman lifted up her shirt and flashed the audience.
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Fans were shocked as the woman raised her top to reveal a bikini underneath, and bizarrely sat in the very next seat to a child who was enjoying the tennis on offer.
All three smiled and waved to the camera before the flashing, with cameras quickly panning away from the lewd act in order to avoid complaints from viewers.
When play resumed, Swiatek took the victory after time was called on the match while she led 4-1 in the deciding set, though the contest turned sour when she was described as “fake” by her opponent in their conversation at the net.
“I told Iga she didn’t have to be insincere about, you know, my injury,” Collins recalled. “There’s a lot that happens on camera, and there are a lot of people with a ton of charisma and come out and are one way on camera and another way in the locker room.
“And I just haven’t had the best experience, and I don’t really feel like anybody needs to be insincere. They can be the way that they are. I can accept that, and I don’t need the fakeness…”
A confused Swiatek then replied: “Well, I won’t argue about it, because I’ve never done anything unpleasant towards her. I just wanted to congratulate her on her successful career, because we all know that this is her last year on tour… Honestly, I don’t know what she meant because we didn’t even have any interactions that could have caused her to say that to me.
“Generally speaking, during tournaments, when we go out and have time to change our clothes, we are entitled to five minutes. Here I asked the lady who escorted me how much time I had. She didn’t tell me that. She replied that they don’t count time here and that I should just leave when I feel like it.
“So I used this time to change and cool down, and then I returned to the court. I honestly didn’t know how much time had passed, but I didn’t do anything against the rules, so I don’t really know what the whole situation was about.”
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