WIMBLEDON star Jelena Ostapenko looked baffled as she had her outfit checked by an umpire.
The Latvian, 28, was set to play her women’s doubles second round match alongside partner Hsieh Su-wei on Court 14.
The All England Club enforces a strict dress code for players, forcing them to wear all white.
From the 2023 Championships, rules were eased for female players, allowing them to wear dark undershorts.
The controversial rule was changed over concerns from players about having to wear all-white during menstruation.
After taking to court alongside Hsieh, Ostapenko was spoken to by British umpire Jamie Crowson.
The former Roland Garros champion threw her hands out in irritation as her outfit was questioned.
Wearing a confused expression, Ostapenko then lifted her skirt to show her green shorts, which adhere to the rules due to the 2023 changes.
Ostapenko and Hsieh took on Marta Kostyuk and Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
Having put her confusion with the umpire behind her, Ostapenko went on to triumph 5-7 6-2 6-2 alongside her experienced partner.
The victorious pair will face Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai in the next round.
Ostapenko went into the singles event at SW19 seeded No20.
But she was upset in round one by British sensation Sonay Kartal.
The 23-year-old Londoner produced an excellent display to beat Ostapenko 7-5 2-6 6-2 over on No3 Court.
Kartal has since proven to be a revelation at this year’s Championships, and is the last British woman standing – having backed up her big win in round one with further triumphs over Viktoriya Tomova and Diane Parry.
Next up she will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the Russian who beat Naomi Osaka yesterday, for a place in the quarter-finals.
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