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Watch: Sprinklers cause havoc at Wimbledon


Two players received an unexpected dousing at Wimbledon on Friday when a sprinkler went off in the middle of a mixed doubles match.

Artem Sitak and Laura Siegemund were sitting on their chairs at a change of ends during their first-round clash with Britain's Ken Skupski and Croatian Darija Jurak on Court 15 when the sprinkler behind the umpire's chair suddenly burst into life.

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