Arthur Cazaux collapses on court while waiting for serve in scary Miami scene

French tennis participant Arthur Cazaux collapsed in a stunning scene on the Miami Masters and needed to be assisted right into a wheelchair earlier than exiting the courtroom. 

On Monday, 21-year-old Cazaux was taking up fellow Frenchman Harold Mayot within the Miami qualifying first spherical. With Cazaux main 2-1 within the third set and the rating being 30-30 on Mayot’s serve, the 21-year-old was getting ready for Mayot’s serve when he collapsed and simply crushed onto the courtroom. 

The chair umpire and coach immediately ran towards Cazaux to take a look at on him, whereas the Frenchman laid on the bottom. Whereas Mayot seemed to be acutely aware, it was nonetheless a reasonably scary scene. 

Presumably, the Miami warmth and situations acquired to Cazaux and in the end led to the Frenchman fainting. 

Robust scenes in Miami.. Cazaux fainted and was pressured to retire.. pic.twitter.com/P16JfMAFIY

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The match did not proceed as world No. 74 Mayot left the courtroom in a wheelchair.

Mayot was bidding to clinch a comeback win over Mayot

After shedding the primary set 4-6, Cazaux bounced again within the second set and received it 7-5 to pressure a decider, through which he was 2-1 up earlier than retiring.

Within the first set, world No. 141 Mayot claimed back-to-back breaks within the third and fifth video games to open a cushty 4-1 lead. Down by two breaks, Cazaux managed to get one break again however Mayot held on to his second break and served out for the opener within the tenth recreation. 

Up by a set, Mayot got here very early to sealing a win when he earned the primary break of the second set within the ninth recreation for a 5-4 lead and an opportunity to serve out for the match. On the verge of shedding the match, Cazaux responded by successful the following 5 video games – received the second set with a 7-5 scoreline and in addition opened a 2-0 third-set lead. 

After shedding 5 consecutive video games, Mayot managed to get the break again within the third recreation. Within the fourth recreation of the third set, Cazaux was near getting a break once more however then a scary faint occurred and the match ended.