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Wimbledon day 4: Gary Lineker, Jessica Alba and Mel C among stars to enjoy the tennis

Gary Lineker, Mel C, Jessica Alba and Grace Carter were among the stars to make the trip to SW19 to watch the fourth day of tennis at Wimbledon.

Fresh from hosting an environmental panel at the All England Club, pundit Linekar was seen enjoying the hospitality at the PIMM’s suite on Centre Court.

He was joined by singer Grace Carter, comedian Jack Whitehall and Roxy Horner.

Meanwhile, Spice Girl Melanie C was also at the All England Club with her mother. The singer will be performing at a special event next weekend in New York called Wimbledon’s.

(Dave Benett/Getty Images for evian)

The Hill in New York which aims to bring a sense of the championships to the Big Apple. The Hill in New York will take place on July 15 - women’s finals day - in association with Barclays.

Meanwhile, Alba and Leyton Williams were photographed in the evian area of Centre Court.

(Keith Prowse)

The fourth day was set to be jam packed - with  Jan Choinski the first Briton to be knocked out on the competition on Thursday.

His opponent Hubert Hurkacz showed no mercy to his former doubles partner Jan Choinski as he sent the Briton packing in the second round at Wimbledon.

German-born Choinski, the son of an English ballet dancer, partnered with the 17th seed up until 2016, but could not match him on Court 18 as Hurkacz won 6-4 6-4 7-6 (3).

(Dave Benett)

Defeat brings to an end Choinski’s first appearance in SW19, leaving just four Britons remaining in the draw.

SIr Andy Murray and Katie Boutler will play on Thursday afternoon. Cameron Norrie is set to play again on Friday.

Wednesday saw two Just Stop Oil protests at the All England Club - with three people arrested following the action on court 18. In both protests, confetti and jigsaw puzzle pieces were thrown onto the court.

Sporting events have been told to put in place more stewards and injunctions to prevent disruption from protesters as the policing minister backed spectators intervening.

Chris Philp said on Thursday it is “reasonable” for fans to attempt to “protect the event they’re watching” after Just Stop Oil supporters twice halted the tennis at Wimbledon.

The three arrests on the tournament’s third day came as Home Secretary Suella Braverman was meeting with event organisers and policing leaders as she tries to limit the disruption.

Mr Philp told Times Radio: “We’d like to see obviously those sporting organisations like Wimbledon increase the number of marshals and stewards.

“They have to be more careful about checking people coming into sporting events and react really quickly when something happens.”

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