HALLE, Germany — Alexander Zverev and an umpire helped out with ice after a spectator was struck by a falling promoting board throughout his match on the Halle grass-court match Wednesday.
The board fell from the higher tier of the stadium into the group on the decrease tier and struck a feminine spectator, organizers mentioned, including that Zverev and umpire Renaud Lichtenstein rushed over with ice to deal with her.
“One thing like this has by no means occurred within the 32-year historical past of our match. We deeply remorse the incident,” match director Ralf Weber informed German information company dpa, which reported that Weber had given the spectator a free cross for subsequent yr’s match.
She was taken to a hospital as a precaution however didn’t look like badly harm, dpa reported.
It did not cease Zverev from racing to a 6-1, 6-2 win over American Marcos Giron within the first spherical of the match, a warmup for Wimbledon. It continued the German participant’s robust kind on grass after he was the runner-up in Stuttgart final week.
Additionally Wednesday at Halle, third-seeded Daniil Medvedev received 6-2, 7-5 over Quentin Halys and eighth-seeded Karen Khachanov received 7-5, 6-3 in opposition to Zizou Bergs within the first spherical.
