Alexander Zverev in agony after crashing into Wimbledon umpire’s chair against Cam Norrie | Tennis | Sport

Alexander Zverev suffered an harm scare when he crashed into the umpire’s chair after chasing down a drop shot throughout his Wimbledon conflict with Cameron Norrie.

The No. 4 seed was on the ground for a number of minutes because the physio was known as to evaluate his situation.

However he finally bought up and continued taking part in.

Zverev took the opening set towards the British No. 2 however he was left in agony a couple of minutes later after falling on the courtroom. Serving at 2-2 within the second set, world No. 42 Norrie drew Zverev into the online however the 27-year-old tripped as he ran for the ball and hit his knee, finally colliding with the umpire’s chair.

“Woah, woah, woah, woah. Uh oh. I believe he simply banged it I hope,” John McEnroe exclaimed on BBC commentary. “Into the online submit?” co-commentator Chris Bradnam requested as Tim Henman replied: “Into the bottom. And these courts are so arduous.” Zverev stayed on the ground because the umpire got here down and Norrie rushed over to examine on his opponent.

It was one other regarding fall for Zverev who, two years in the past, snapped a number of ligaments in his ankle throughout his French Open semi-final towards Rafael Nadal and left the courtroom in a wheelchair. “After what occurred at Roland Garros a few years in the past, you hope for the perfect,” Bradnam mentioned as McEnroe known as for the coach to return out.

The supervisor was the primary on the scene earlier than the umpire introduced that the physio had been known as. “He positively hyper-extended,” McEnroe defined as a replay of the incident was proven. Henman continued: “Within the left knee, after which banged his proper knee into the bottom.”

Because the physio got here out to evaluate Zverev, the American remarked: “Nightmares are coming flooding again into his head,” noting that it was additionally the left aspect that was the problem for the German in Paris in 2022.

However the fourth seed didn’t take a medical outing and bought again up, returning to the baseline to proceed the sport. Henman raised considerations that his confidence could possibly be knocked by the autumn.