Officers tried to dry the floor with blowers and towelsVenue: Flushing Meadows, New York Date: 30 August-12 September Protection: Every day radio commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Dwell Sports activities Further/BBC Sport web site and app, with chosen dwell textual content commentaries and match studies on the web site and app
Play suspended due to rain. These usually are not phrases you’ll count on to listen to on a court docket with a roof.
But on Louis Armstrong Stadium on the US Open, there have been weird scenes when the water poured in and followers put up umbrellas because the storm outdoors discovered its approach in.
The second-round match between Argentine eleventh seed Diego Schwartzman and South African Kevin Anderson was interrupted twice earlier than being suspended within the first sport of the second set.
“You guys name me while you’re able to play tennis,” Anderson stated earlier than leaving the court docket.
Air-blowers had been introduced on court docket and umpires and ball youngsters tried to dry the floor with towels however regardless of their greatest efforts enormous gusts of wind continued to blow the rain by the edges of the roof and on to the court docket.
There have been contrasting scenes on the similar time on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the place Stefanos Tsitsipas and Adrian Mannarino continued to remain dry and play their match underneath the roof.
The order of play was up to date to counsel the encounter between Schwartzman and Anderson would proceed on Ashe after that match however that the opposite match scheduled for Louis Armstrong Stadium – Angelique Kerber towards Anhelina Kalinina – could be postponed till Thursday.
The New York space is underneath a twister and flooding warning and Wednesday’s play at Flushing Meadows had been interrupted on the out of doors courts however few would have anticipated an indoor match to have been affected on this approach.
There was a half-hour delay when the primary set was poised at 5-5 and it was then stopped once more at 4-4 within the tie-break after each gamers complained in regards to the slippery floor.
They got here again and Schwartzman took the set however play was then known as off within the first sport of the second set when Anderson was main 30-15 on his serve.
Followers took shelter underneath umbrellas on court docket
Followers left the courts underneath umbrellas on the US Open following heavy rainfall
The umpire checked the floor on the finish of the primary set following complaints from the gamers
