Her performances inspired her country, with more than 100 million Chinese watching the liveTVcoverage of her semifinal match against America's Serena Williams.
Police have claimed that starting the Huddersfield v Hull game at 17:20 GMT to enable liveTVcoverage raised the risk of alcohol-related disorder and additional measure were put in place.
But as the trial finally got underway, Judge Lance Ito suddenly pulled the plug on livecoverage after Court TV inadvertently televised the face of an alternate juror.
The four-day championships play to crowds of up to 30, 000 at the national stadium in Kingston, while a TV audience of over a million watch the livecoverage.
Several petitions call for all Formula One races to be shown live on terrestrial TV, following the announcement last week that the BBC will be sharing coverage with Sky Sports.