In one of the strangest interruptions in the US Open, the rain and the strong wind stopped the match between the Argentine Diego Schwartzman and the South African Kevin Anderson on a covered court of Flushing Meadows (Nueva York).
A pouring rain, remnant of the fierce Hurricane Ida, snuck around the corners of the track’s retractable roof Louis Armstrong soaking bleachers and track.
Those responsible for this second round match stopped the game for half an hour during the tiebreak of the first set.
A drying machine and a group of workers with towels tried to absorb the moisture from the court, which had become slippery and caused Schwartzman to fall in one of the last points.
After the restart, the Argentine added three points in a row and took the first set 7-6 (7/4).
Schwartzman, the 11th seed of the tournament, had come to save a set point with 5-4 against.
With only three points contested in the second set, and Anderson’s 30-15 lead, the game was definitely stopped on the court.
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Later the organizers advanced that the game will resume on Wednesday night on the main track, Arthur Ashe.
“The match between Kevin Anderson and Diego Schwartzman at Louis Armstrong Stadium, which was suspended for time, will end tonight at Arthur Ashe Stadium after the conclusion of the match. Stefanos Tsitsipas-Adrian Mannarino“said the American Tennis Association.
The other match scheduled for the night at the Louis Armstrong between Germany’s Angelique Kerber and Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina was postponed to Thursday.
This area of New York It was under a tornado watch and flash flood watch from the U.S. National Weather Service.
The deluge that fell for much of the day on Wednesday had already forced the suspension of many matches on the outdoor courts of the Open.
La Louis Armstrong It was inaugurated in 2018 so that this Grand Slam tournament would have a second covered court with which to avoid weather problems.
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