Wimbledon clash STOPPED due to medical emergency in crowd as fans rush to scene on No.1 Court
A WIMBLEDON match was stopped due to a medical emergency in the crowd.
Spectators rushed to the scene on court No.1 during Daniil Medvedev and Jiri Lehecka’s match.
Lehecka was about to serve at 1-3, 30-30 but was alerted to the problem behind him.
The players took their seats beside the court as the spectator was tended to.
It came after Lehecka already had a medical time out due to a blister on his baby toe.
The female fan was later taken away by a medical team and play resumed following an eight-minute delay.
But shortly after, Lehecka was forced to retire due to his foot injury bringing the match to a close at end of the second set.
Medvedev matched his best-ever run at Wimbledon after defeating Marton Fucsovics to reach the fourth round.
The world No.3 was unable to play in last year’s tournament due to a ban on Russian players – so he returns full of motivation.
Medvedev said: “I really wanna do well here.
“I was not playing last year and that’s so far the worst Grand Slam in terms of results for me as first round was my maximum.
“Even Roland Garros I managed to get into the quarters so I have big motivation to try to change it.
“But the further you go, the tougher the opponents. I just hope I can show my best tennis.”