Jessica Pegula and Linda Noskova\u2019s final at the Berlin Open was significantly delayed on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tennis fans were hoping to see the contest get underway in the early afternoon but those hopes were dashed due to adverse weather conditions.<\/p>\n
Pictures show that heavy rainfall and high winds have battered the site, with much of the outside furniture damaged, in addition to standing water.<\/p>\n
Fans who were already at the tournament had to take shelter as the weather took a turn for the worse and before 1pm, event organisers closed the grounds and attendees were evacuated.<\/p>\n
Berlin Open organisers even called for ticket holders to stay away, with the final eventually getting underway after 5.30pm.<\/p>\n
Projected Wimbledon women\u2019s seeds: Sabalenka and Rybakina headline, Chwalinska\u2019s rare feat, Eala and Raducanu safe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Wimbledon withdrawals: 13 stars out as former world No 4 joins growing list<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier on Sunday, the tournament posted on Instagram, \u201cDear Tennis Fans. Due to severe weather conditions, we were forced to clear the tournament grounds as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n \u201cThe heavy rainfall has caused damage to parts of the site\u2019s infrastructure. Despite close coordination with the German Weather Service, the storm developed with an intensity that was not anticipated.<\/p>\n \u201cYour safety is our highest priority. For your own safety, we kindly ask you not to travel to the venue at this time. We are working at full speed to continue the tournament and are currently assessing the next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A post shared by VANDA Pharmaceuticals BERLIN TENNIS OPEN (@berlintennisopen)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n Updates then followed at 2pm and then 4pm, with tournament organisers once again apologising for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n They also touched on the possibility of security staff behaving \u201cinappropriately\u201d during the chaos.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were prepared for the forecasted weather conditions and had already initiated precautionary measures. However, the intensity and speed of the storm made additional actions necessary at very short notice,\u201d the Berlin Open said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cIf any individual members of the security staff behaved inappropriately during the evacuation, we would like to sincerely apologise. Our primary focus was to clear the grounds as quickly and safely as possible.<\/p>\n \u201cOur teams are currently working at full speed to restore the venue. In addition to damage to parts of the infrastructure, technical systems were also affected. Before the grounds can be reopened, all safety requirements for visitors must be fully met.\u201d<\/p>\n Pegula<\/a> and Noskova<\/a> eventually arrived on court many hours after their original scheduled start time.\u00a0When the match finally did get underway, Noskova took the first set 6-4, Pegula responded to take the second by the same scoreline, before the Czech star claimed the third 6-2.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old is now up to a career-high ranking of 10th, while Pegula stays fourth. The youngster pockets \u20ac161,310 and 500 points, whereas the American walks away with \u20ac99,565 and 325 points of her own.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Queen\u2019s: What ranking points and prize money did Francisco Cerundolo and Tommy Paul make?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Why tennis fans were told to stay away from Berlin Open final between Jessica Pegula and Linda Noskova<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jessica Pegula and Linda Noskova\u2019s final at the Berlin Open was significantly delayed on Sunday. Tennis fans were hoping to see the contest get underway in the early afternoon but those hopes were dashed due to adverse weather conditions. Pictures show that heavy rainfall and high winds have battered the site, with much of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n