Spectators treated after advertising board falls during match in Halle

Spectators were treated for injuries after a loose panel fell from the first tier of the OWL Arena during Alexander Zverev's match with match with Marcos Giron in Halle on Wednesday.

With home favourite Zverev leading Giron 5-2 and 15-30 during their round of 32 match, play was halted when a loud bang was heard in the arena followed by a commotion of noise.

Images showed a piece of advertising board fell above the first tier of the stand onto spectators sitting below.

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Jonathan Overend, commentating for Sky Sports, said: "There's a disturbance in the crowd. A bit of the board has fallen off there. You can see it has come down into the seats.

"That could have been exceedingly nasty and if someone has been hit by that board falling... It looks like that row of seats behind [the gentleman] with glasses is unoccupied and fortunately so because that looks like the row the board fell into."

He added: You do not expect to be sitting in a stadium watching a tennis match and something like that happens right next to you.

"There is a couple who are receiving attention. It appears the board has come down in the row behind them.

"There's medical staff on site and I'm sure they will undergo some precautionary tests backstage at the very least. You just don't expect that to happen, ever!"

The ATP have been approached for comment.

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