The quarterfinal French Open match Tuesday between No. 5 Kei Nishikori and No. 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was delayed after a piece of the scoreboard at Court Philippe-Chatrier flew loose due to high winds, striking spectators.
This is apparently what fell on Chatrier. Those are pigeon spikes. (via @broadcast_sound) pic.twitter.com/eojhpNnLKM
— SI Tennis (@SI_Tennis) June 2, 2015
Video of the incident was captured by twitter user @TrudelSteph.
The incident pic.twitter.com/p7NQHP8joI
— Steph Trudel (@TrudelSteph) June 2, 2015
Many tennis commentators tweeted as the incident occurred.
Uhhh….Chatrier is falling apart. Wind has blown something off the stadium into the stands.
— Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) June 2, 2015
Something just fell down on crowd on Chatrier. Medical staff in action. Seems nothing too serious.
— Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) June 2, 2015
A teary child in a black Nike hat escorted out of stadium as he holds his head, and another older man waving as he's walked out. #RG15
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) June 2, 2015
This person must have been hurt. Smiling tho as leaves the stadium to cheers from crowd. Hmm. Weird. pic.twitter.com/gEPSG7iY7X
— Steph (@StephintheUS) June 2, 2015
No serious injuries have yet been reported and Tsonga and Nishikori are now back on the court after a 40 minute delay.
