Scare in the world of tennis: a poster fell and hurt a spectator in Halle

Within the framework of a festive climate, the ATP 500 from Halle It housed an episode as unfortunate as an anguishing on Wednesday, when An advertising poster fell on the humanity of a spectator in the meeting between the local Alexander Zverev (3rd) and the American Marcos Giron (43 °).

“This had never happened in 32 years of tournament history. We deeply regret the incident“announced the director of the German event, Ralf Weber, in a statement published through social networks to notify in detail about the surprising event that could have become a tragedy.

Consequently, the report revealed how the incident began on the central court, prior to the fact that the one born in Hamburg seal the victory in runs and took a ticket to the quarterfinals: “A tennis spectator at Terra Wortmann Open had a Lucky blow during the game of Singles by Alexander Zverev. In the 5-2 of the first set, an advertising poster He got rid of the upper level and hit a 62 -year -old woman of Halle, who was sitting in the lower sector. “

“Fortunately he did not suffer No serious injury And he managed to leave in the stadium by his own means with an ice bag in his neck delivered by Alexander Zverev. It was equally taken to the hospital for security reasons“, extended the report, carrying a necessary quota of tranquility to the rest of those present and tennis fans around the world, as well as stressed that the victim will receive a Pass for next season as a compensation gesture.

Finally, Uudo Kleine and Uwe Greint-Dominik, Competition Administrators, contributed their vision of the subject and announced the steps to avoid similar situations in the future: “We suspect that the pounding against the boards caused the screws to loosen. This should not happen and we apologize. We will also check and fix the rest of the boards immediately after the Zverev game. “