The first-round U.S. Open clash between Cameron Norrie and Benoit Paire was briefly stopped on Tuesday after a fan fell ill in the stands.
British contender Norrie faced Frenchman Paire in temperatures of around 30 degrees. Other players have commented on the heat at Flushing Meadows, which led to panic amid reports one spectator had fainted in the stands.
"Play stopped in Paire vs Norrie, because someone has been taken ill in the grandstand," tweeted journalist James Gray. "(I was up there earlier, it is HOT.) Paire goes and has a chat to his coach, and then gets into an argument with the umpire about it, because that goes beyond the coaching guidelines. Chaos."
