Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek advance, but the rain and protesters capture the attention at Wimbledon

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The developments at Wimbledon on Wednesday included Novak Djokovic joining Roger Federer and Serena Williams as the only players in tennis history to win 350 Grand Slam matches; a runner-up two years ago, Karolina Pliskova, exiting in the first round against a qualifier; a player seeded No. 8, Maria Sakkari, taking the opening set 6-0 but managing to lose.

Ho-hum. Those turned out to be among the least unusual happenings around the All England Club on Day 3 of this year’s tournament. That’s because so much of the buzz around the place concerned protests and, yes, rain.

Three environmental activists were arrested for interrupting matches by making their way onto court to toss orange confetti — hidden in boxes for 1,000-piece Centre Court puzzles sold at the tournament merchandise shops — and attract attention to an anti-oil organization.

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A Just Stop Oil protester on court 18 throwing confetti on to the grass during Britains Katie Boulters first-round singles match against Australias Daria Saville on day three of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Wednesday, July 5, 2023.  (Adam Davy/PA via AP)

"We’ve had enough disruptions with the weather," four-time Wimbledon semifinalist Tim Henman, a member of the board at the All England Club, said on the BBC broadcast, "but to get a disruption like that is disappointing."

The showers that were so problematic on Tuesday returned Wednesday, limiting the hours available for competition and making everyone wait and wait and wait.

"Today was a bit weird in the beginning, because there was supposed to be no rain, then it started