Carlos Alcaraz ran off the tennis courtroom after being attacked by a swarm of bees throughout his quarter-final conflict towards Alexander Zverev at Indian Wells.
Stunning scenes unfolded within the third recreation as bees invaded the courtroom in California, leading to a one hour and 40 minutes delay, the Express report. Alcaraz went on to win 6-3 6-1 following the disruption regardless of being stung on the pinnacle.
It appeared the bees had been particularly drawn to the spider cam, which captures the courtroom from above. And solely as soon as the gamers had left the courtroom and spectators had been faraway from a nook of the stands did a event beekeeper arrive to save lots of the day.
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Just 18 minutes into the match, Alcaraz was about to serve at 1-1 when he appeared as much as see a swarm of bees. The chair umpire, Mohamed Lahyahi, rapidly noticed what was taking place and stated: “Play cannot continue, pause for a while here now.”
Alcaraz ran off the court, using his hands to shield his head as he appeared to get stung. Meanwhile the spider cam continued to attract thousands of bees, with fans on social media voicing their astonishment as they compared the bizarre situation to Alfred Hitchock’s movie The Birds.
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One X person identified: “Indian Wells – directed by Alfred Hitchcock,” whereas one other joked: “Come on Mr Hitchcock….. you can do the Swarm movie remake somewhere else!”
A 3rd added: “Alfred Hitchcock behind the camera in 2024,” and a fourth commented with: “UnBeelievable.”
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Others chimed in with: “What a buzzing atmosphere,” and: “My worst nightmare.”
Alcaraz and Zverev got here again to the courtroom 90 minutes after the beekeeper efficiently cleared the bees off the spider cam. But there have been nonetheless issues, with a few of the swarm left at courtroom stage because the beekeeper got here all the way down to the courtroom and acquired cheers from the gang.
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Alcaraz and Zverev watched on annoyed because the beekeeper – recognized as Lance Davis, the president of Killer Bee Live Removal – high-fived followers and took selfies with them as he entered the stands to clear extra bees away from the gamers’ containers.
There had been nonetheless a number of bees within the air however Davis instructed the gamers that there was not a lot they might do and so they finally carried on, with Alcaraz holding after stopping the third recreation at 15-0 on his serve.