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RODIONOV‘S PANTS NOT UP TO SCRATCH

- By MATTHEW LAMBERT

AUSTRIAN junior Jurij Rodionov became the latest player to fall foul of Wimbledon’s ultra-strict dress code, after he was presented with some white unde underpants and sent off the cour court to change. ‘Th ‘The umpire told me that he could see my pants, the b blue colour,’ said the 18 18-year-old. ‘A ballboy ca came and gave me the (n (new) pants. I had to go to the toilet to change.’ Rodi Rodionov returned to the court and beat Australian Blake Ellis. ‘I got more relaxed actually,’ he said. ‘I think it helped me.’

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