Henri Laaksonen resigns in the final of the Challenger tournament in Hamburg at the opponent’s match point – strange ending

Although Laaksonen’s leg was treated during the game, no injury of such a serious nature could be seen from the outside that the former top 100 player would not be able to finish at least one point.

A similarly strange scene had already occurred on the WTA tour last month. In the round of 16 of the Slovenia Open between Emma Raducanu and Dayana Yastremska, the final moves of the match also came to an abrupt end when the Ukrainian retired at the score of 2:6, 3:5, 0:30 due to a wrist injury.

The intention of the action remains Laaksonen’s secret, but Ritschard won’t care. For the Swiss, it was the first triumph in a Challenger tournament and the highlight of his season.