Where and when to pop your Champagne is such a Wimbledon problem.

Someone got the timing wrong Sunday at the oldest Grand Slam tournament, where the bubbly helps wash down the strawberries and cream.

鈥淟adies and gentlemen, please, if you are opening a bottle of Champagne don鈥檛 do it as the player is about to serve. Thank you,鈥� Australian umpire John Blom announced just after the start of a match on No. 3 Court.

Anastasia Potapova in approval. The 22nd-seeded player was serving to start her third-round match against . When she tossed the ball in the air a cork popped and she sent the serve long. She then lost the point on her second serve, and the umpire鈥檚 warning followed.

Lanson Champagne is available on the grounds of the All England Club by the glass, half-bottle and bottle. 鈥淟e White Label Sec鈥� goes for 95.10 pounds ($122) for a bottle.

鈥淯sually, actually, we buy it here, but it鈥檚 quite nice that you can actually bring your own in, which I didn鈥檛 realize until my husband looked it up this morning,鈥� said Sarah-Jane Watson, a lawyer from Surrey.

, you can.

鈥淲e brought a bottle,鈥� she said, 鈥渁nd then we bought a bottle.鈥�

They watched matches at No. 2 Court, where a security guard asked that they not open the bottle inside.

A cork was heard popping at Centre Court, though, between points during a match featuring Iga Swiatek and Belinda Bencic.

The 32nd-seeded Marie Bouzkova said she鈥檚 too dialed in to be distracted. The Czech Republic native, who lost to Marketa Vondrousova, said during a match a couple of years ago she hadn鈥檛 noticed a fire alarm going off in a nearby building.

鈥淚 was like 鈥榳hat fire alarm?鈥欌�� she said.

Though there鈥檚 at least one place, she added, that鈥檚 a bit louder than average: Flushing Meadows.

鈥淚n New York,鈥� Bouzkova said, 鈥測ou have more outside noise, I would say, just from the crowd either drinking maybe too much beer or just being a little bit more loud.鈥�

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