Wimbledon star Yibing Wu ‘COLLAPSES’ during match with ‘breathing problem’ after medic discovers alarming heart-rate
YIBING WU reportedly collapsed during his Wimbledon clash against Frances Tiafoe.
The Chinese tennis star appeared to be suffering from breathing problems before being checked out by medics.
According to reports from ESPN, Wu, 23, collapsed due to the issues after he went off-court with a medic.
The medic was asked for by Wu who then checked his heart rate which was an alarming 187. It appeared to be a known issue to Wu.
The incident happened in the first game of the second set after Tiafoe, 25, had won the first.
There was a three-minute time-out, which then turned into 15 minutes while US star Tiafoe waited to see if the match would continue.
Wu was deemed to be fine as he came back out to Court 3 to continue the Wimbledon first-round clash.
The commentator on BBC said: “He’s going to continue – that is amazing.”
This led to the co-commentator to say: “I’m very surprised.”
Viewers were concerned for Wu’s health but were happy to see that he was okay to continue.
One commented: “Yibing Wu fainted on court. Hopefully he’s okay.”
A second wrote: “I think we can be thankful that Yibing Wu is okay after his medical situation, and be grateful that he can carry on.”
And a third said: “Wu Yibing is back and play is continuing on No. 3 – still not entirely sure what went on, but glad he’s OK to continue.”
Another added: “Yibing Wu fainted, had a very high heart rate, now is back on court again. Respect.”
Wu, ranked 62 in the ATP rankings, was competitive for the rest of the two and a half hour match but ultimately lost 7-6 6-3 6-4.
The commentator added as he left the court: “I’m sure he’ll now get thoroughly checked out”.
One report however claimed that Wu was suffering from a stomach problem because he may have eaten something that didn’t agree with him.
It also suggested that he may have had indigestion having eaten during the rain break.
Tiafoe was asked about the incident after the game and admitted he did not know what was going on.
He said: “I mean, no, I had no idea what was going on. I was just, I was like, man, this is wild.
“Then he, yeah, he told me that his heart was skipping a beat. Having problems with his heart and stuff. Felt like he was collapsing in there.
“He’s like, I’m gonna try and play. Once he said that, I was like, Oh, we’re about to have a war. He’s going to start coming out and playing loose, which we did.
“I was happy he felt all right and he was able to finish the match and played a high level. I thought the last two sets was super high level.
“It was fun. We get along really well. I like Wu a lot. We’re going to have many more battles.”
Tiafoe celebrated his win with fellow Americans Chelsea Handler, a comedian and TV presenter, and Lindsey Vonn, the former champion skier.
Tiafoe, himself a star of the Netflix tennis documentary series Break Point, added: “It’s super cool that people like that want to come and watch me play.
“That means a lot for a guy like me.”
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