China’s Wu Yibing collapsed and was helped off the courtroom on Tuesday morning after retiring from his opening match on the Citi Open in Washington.
It was the second notable well being incident in a match inside a month for Wu, who wanted a medical timeout after falling unwell on the finish of the primary set in his opening-match Wimbledon loss to American Frances Tiafoe.
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On the Washington hardcourts, Wu was main 4-1 within the first set when he made a wobbly step, went to sit and collapsed ahead over the again of a folding chair.
Wu was helped to his toes and an umbrella was shortly introduced over to supply shade.
Wu was unable to stay standing and fell over once more closely as officers tried to softly decrease him to the bottom.
He was later assisted in strolling off the courtroom.
Tennis journalist Jose Morgado wrote on Twitter the incident was a “terrible scene”.
The mercury reached 30C in Washington on Monday, however it’s not clear if the warmth was the rationale for Yibing’s distressing collapse.
An announcement from the match mentioned Wu retired as a result of sickness. The 23-year-old from Hangzhou additionally performed final week in Atlanta, beating France’s Corentin Moutet in his first match earlier than shedding to eventual champion Taylor Fritz, the world quantity 9 from the United States, within the second spherical.
World quantity 90 Wu received his first ATP title in February at Dallas, turning into the primary Chinese participant to seize an ATP crown and China’s highest-ranked participant ever, reaching 54th on the earth in May.
Source: www.news.com.au
