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Alexander Zverev German Tennis Professor He entered during the middle of his game at Halle Open on Wednesday to help a fan who had been beaten by an advertising board that apparently released during the game.
The incident took place during the first set of the Zverev match against Americans Marcos Giron.
Alexander Zverev of Germany reacts after his match against Marcos Giron from the United States during the Halle ATP tennis tournament in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (David Inderlied/DPA through AP)
The organizers of the tournament issued a statement after the incident explaining that a 62 -year -old woman sitting at the lower level of the grass court stadium He had been beaten when an advertising board from above was released and fell on her.
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Zverev and the referee Renaud Lichtenstein ran to control the woman, and professional tennis No. 3 gave the woman an ice pack, which the organizers said that it was applied to the neck.
She did not suffer serious injuries and was then taken to a hospital.
“There has never been something like this in our 32 -year -old tournament history. We deeply regret the incident,” said the tournament director Ralf Weber, in a statement.
A billboard released from the stands and fell to the Spectator area during the Halle ATP tennis tournament, Germany, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (David Inderlied/DPA through AP)
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Two of the event managers, Udo Kleine and Uwe Greipel-Dominik, said the Board had probably fallen after the screws that sustained it in their place had been released due to the “drums against the boards.” Subsequently, the boards were reviewed and the match continued.
The woman also received a free pass to the tournament next year, according to the organizers.
Despite the incident, Zverev continued to defeat Giron in straight sets.
An ambulance of the German Red Cross leads through the crowd after a billboard released from the stands and fell to the Spectator area during the Halle ATP tennis tournament on Halle, Germany, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (David Inderlied/DPA through AP)
On Saturday morning, he advanced to the quarter -final round, where he took the first set Italy Flavio Cobolli.
