Wimbledon officials set to investigate 'spitting incident'

Wimbledon officials are today set to probe the incident which saw Romanian Victor Hanescu apparently spit towards the crowd before quitting his third-round men's singles match.

Wimbledon officials are today set to probe the incident which saw Romanian Victor Hanescu apparently spit towards the crowd before quitting his third-round men's singles match.

Hanescu had won the opening two sets on tie-breaks yesterday, and had match points in the third. But a tie-break went against him and German opponent Daniel Brands then levelled the Court 18 match by taking the fourth set 6-3.

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