Thursday, it seems, was the day of the body shot at Wimbledon, and Nick Kyrgios, who unloaded on Rafael Nadal twice, wasn't the only culprit.

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The blows that did more damage were actually thrown in a women's doubles match, by Jelena Ostapenko at Alize Cornet.

First, in the opening set, Ostapenko punched a hard volley right at Cornet's body, knocking her backward and almost over. Still, it was a a virtually harmless play in doubles that happens all the time:

But later, with Ostapenko serving at deuce down 3-4 in the deciding set, a must-hold situation, Cornet found herself in the way again, when Ostapenko misfired a second serve to the wrong side of the court.

Cornet, having lost the point for getting hit, then protested to the umpire:

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But Cornet and partner Petra Martic won that game anyway, and the next one too, to defeat No. 14 seeds Ostapenko and Veronika Kudermetova, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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While that matter may be settled for the moment, Wimbledon remains a dangerous place on Friday—the worst hit yet nearly occurred at Elina Svitolina's three-set win over Maria Sakkari. (h/t @Hurleytennis)

Let's hope things calm down before some actually gets hurt.