When the match had barely started, a cloud fell on the players and the chair umpire, who had to leave the field to take shelter.
An unusual event occurred at the start of the Indian Wells quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev. While the score was only 1-1, the match had to be suspended due to a swarm of bees, who dangerously attacked the public, judges and players, who had to flee at full speed towards the locker rooms.
The episode occurred just as the Spaniard was about to serve, when he suddenly found himself invaded by a large number of insects, while his rival headed towards the wall at his side, very worried about what was happening. During this time, the chair umpire suffered several bites. However, he had time to joke about what happened: “The game stopped because of a bee invasion. »
According to the images shown, the most likely cause is related to the Spidercam, which at some point attracted bees that started a honeycomb. The facts accomplished, the fans quickly left to take shelter while waiting for the duel to resume. However, According to Cadena SER, the organization contacted a beekeeper to help eliminate the bees.
Bites
Albert Molina, press chief and director of Carlos Alcaraz, reported on what happened to his client. “Carlos is fine. “A bee stung him on the side of his forehead, but he was very lucky that it was only one, because there was a time when he had thousands of bees on him” , expressed on this same medium.
He also assured that the recovery would take a short time. “In 40 minutes”, which will be the time needed to eliminate all the bees. “At the start of the match there were no bees and within seconds Alcaraz’s team was flooded with bees. They were all focused on Carlos and the “Spidercam”. As soon as he realized he had been bitten, he ran away. he added.
“This has never happened to me, let alone at such speed.” declared the agent of the current world number two.
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