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 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.

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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