Carlos Alcaraz was stung on the aspect of the brow when a swarm of bees descended on his Indian Wells quarter-final in opposition to Alexander Zverev.
Umpire Mohamed Lahyani was pressured to droop the sport within the third recreation as bees invaded the court docket in California.
The match was delayed for an hour and 40 minutes earlier than defending champion Alcaraz gained 6-3 6-1.
“Positively essentially the most uncommon match I've ever performed in my profession,” stated Wimbledon champion Alcaraz afterwards.
“I noticed a couple of bees round, however I believed it was only some of them. However I regarded on the sky and there have been 1000’s flying, caught in my hair, going in direction of me.
“It was loopy. I attempted to avoid them, but it surely was not possible.
“I'm somewhat afraid of them. I needed to keep secure, and I ran in every single place.”
The bees have been notably drawn to the spidercam – a TV digicam that strikes above the court docket on cables.
As soon as the gamers had left the court docket and the spectators had been faraway from a nook of the stands, the event beekeeper arrived.
