A deluge forces a US Open match to be suspended … indoors!

The storm that ravages New York it is also having an impact on the usual development of the US Open. The rain and the strong wind are becoming the protagonists in the last big one of the season, where a good part of the matches of the third day had to be postponed. Even a match played indoors had to be suspended for a few minutes.

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This happened at the US Open they have criticized for endangering the lives of players and crowds amid tornado warnings in the city of #New York

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A good part of the games played outdoors had to be moved during the day by the rain, but nobody expected that the game would also have to be stopped on the court. Louis Armstrong, the second largest in the complex of Flushing Meadows. Everything happened during the duel between Diego Schwartzman and Kevin Anderson.

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After the dispute in the first set, both tennis players had to go to the changing rooms because a large amount of water leaked onto the court due to the magnitude of the storm and the strong wind. Both had to finish the match, which ended with victory for the Argentine, on the track Arthur Ashe, the main of the American tournament.