Zverev actions in after an advertising board lands on a

HALLE, Germany (AP)– Alexander Zverev and an umpire helped out with ice after a viewer was struck by a falling marketing board throughout his match at the Halle grass-court tournament Wednesday.The board fell from the upper tier of the stadium into the crowd on the lower tier near the end of the very first set and struck a 62-year-old female viewer from the local area, organizers said, adding that Zverev and umpire Renaud Lichtenstein rushed over with ice to treat her.Advertisement Organizers stated the spectator was able to leave the venue by herself, holding an ice bag offered by Zverev to her neck. She was later required to a health center as a preventative measure, they added.

“Something like this has never ever happened in the 32-year history of our competition. We deeply are sorry for the event,” tournament director Ralf Weber said.The tournament stated that Weber consulted with the spectator in the event’s medical center and offered her a free pass for next year’s tournament.A statement from two occasion supervisors, Udo Kleine und Uwe Greipel-Dominik, on the competition website suggested that screws holding the board in place may have come close since of” drumming versus the boards.” Advertisement They added that close-by boards were checked before the match continued and that strategies were in place to examine all other boards at that court.It didn’t stop Zverev from racing to a 6-2, 6-1 win over American Marcos Giron in the first round of the competition, a

warm-up for Wimbledon. It continued the German player’s strong type on turf after he was the runner-up in Stuttgart last week.Also Wednesday at Halle, third-seeded Daniil Medvedev won 6-2, 7-5 over Quentin Halys and eighth-seeded Karen Khachanov won 7-5, 6-3 against Zizou Bergs in the first round. Alex Michelsen beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (5 ), 7-5 and will play Medvedev next. ___ This story has actually been fixed. Zverev won the match 6-2, 6-1, not 6-1, 6-2. ___ More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis