A highly anticipated match between two young tennis stars was called off Thursday night after a honey bee invaded the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Southern California.
Early in the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev, an outrageous number of bees swarmed the court.
The two were just tied one-on-one in the third game of the game, when the bees were all around everyone on the court floor. Urging Alcaraz to hide.
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On March 14, 2024, the match between Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Germany’s Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, is interrupted due to a bee infestation. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Bees also settled on top of the overhead camera. I went out of the venue To get rid of the bees.
I saw a beekeeper vacuum the bees Off camera.
The delay lasted one hour and 48 minutes.
A man tries to clear away a swarm of bees that have invaded the court during his match against Alexander Zverev of Germany in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on March 14, 2024. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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of tennis channel “You have an advantage, bees,” he even joked.
The tournament was previously in the news due to Novak Djokovic’s come-from-behind loss to world No. 123 Luca Nardi.
However, world No. 1 Djokovic was criticized for having a harsh conversation with Nardi. There had been confusion earlier in that Nardi lazily returned the serve, which ended up winning him a point, but Djokovic had called for interference.
Afterwards, he apparently informed Nardi of his decision to transfer to the Bush League.
Zverev and two-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz were playing in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open, with the final to be held on Sunday.
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) and Alexander Zverev (Germany) play during the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 14, 2024 in Indian Wells, California. , a swarm of bees suddenly invaded the court and covered the scoreboard. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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World No. 6 Zverev won the first set 6-2. The winner will face Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals.
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