Wimbledon fans in stitches at BBC presenter Annabel Croft’s cheeky comment to Novak Djokovic live on TV
ANNABEL CROFT had Wimbledon fans in hysterics with a cheeky comment on Centre Court.
And she even raised a cackle from beaten finalist Novak Djokovic.
The Serbian, 37, was handily beaten 6-2 6-2 7-6 by Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon men’s singles final.
After picking up his runners-up plate, he stopped to chat with the BBC‘s Croft on court.
The former world No24 began: “Novak I know this is not the result you wanted, you were up against such a hot, talented opponent in Carlos Alcaraz…”
At this point, the crowd burst out laughing at Croft, 58, calling the Spaniard “hot”.
She saw the funny side and began chortling herself, as did Djokovic.
The broadcast then cut to Alcaraz, who beamed as he clutched his trophy tight to his chest.
Through laughter, Croft clarified “he was on fire!”, with Djokovic playfully replying: “That’s what I was about to say, he was very hot today.”
This prompted more cackles from the 15,000 fans packed into Centre Court.
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After finishing with Djokovic, Croft went on to interview winner Alcaraz.
She playfully asked him about tonight’s football – which will see his native Spain take on England in the Euro 2024 final.
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Amid pantomime boos from the crowd, Alcaraz said: “I’ve already done my job so let’s see about the football.
“I’ll watch with my team for, sure, I don’t know where but I will be watching.
“It will be a really difficult match, I’ll watch and let’s see who wins the Euros.”
Croft also made Alcaraz squirm by bringing up the Wimbledon champions’ dinner.
Although often not adhered to in recent years, it is traditional for the men’s and women’s singles champions to share a dance at the dinner.
Quizzed over his dancing skills by Croft Alcaraz squirmed before sheepishly saying they “could be better”.
Wimbledon 2024 prize money
PRIZE MONEY for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships is a new record – and puts the grass-court Slam at the top of the tree.
The All England Club will dish out £50million across all the events – an increase of £5.3m and 11.9 per cent on last year, where singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova picked up £2.35m each.
However, the king and queen of grass this July will collect an extra £350,000 – taking the winner’s earnings to £2.7m.
Here is the breakdown for the 2024 Wimbledon singles prize money:
- Winner: £2.7m
- Runner-up: £1.4m
- Semi-finalists: £715,000
- Quarter-finalists: £375,000
- Fourth round: £226,000
- Third round: £143,000
- Second round: £93,000
- First round: £60,000
- Overall total: £50m