The ongoing Indian Wells tournament saw a bizarre thing yesterday as they had to suspend a match. In a rare occurrence on Thursday, Spanish tennis prodigy Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev‘s match was suspended. It was because suddenly the tournament’s stadium saw a swarm of bees taking over the Indian Wells garden. It caused a massive problem for players as well as the camera and other helping hands of the championship.
Since the news was circulated on social media, it stormed the platform. People did not expect to see such during a prestigious tournament like the BNP Paribas Open. Now the tennis fraternity and especially attendees of the match are dropping their exclusive reaction to the situation.
The Indian Wells committee suspended Alcaraz’s match due to bee invasion at the stadium 1
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Recently, the official X (formerly Twitter) page of the BNP Paribas Open dropped a status, which read- “Play has been suspended due to bee invasion.” On the comment thread of the post, the tournament’s official X page also posted a clip, where fans spotted the swarm of bees making it difficult for the camera to record the ongoing match. It was also causing havoc for the spectators in the stadium.
Play has been suspended due to bee invasion. 🐝#IndianWells
— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) March 14, 2024
At that moment, Spaniard Alcaraz was playing against Alexander Zverev. However, the tennis stars had to quit their game before the quarterfinals as the bees truly took over the stadium. The official X (formerly Twitter) page of Tennis TV also dropped a hilarious post on the matter. Their status on X read- “The most BEE-ZARRE thing you’ll ever see!! #TennisParadise.”
The most BEE-ZARRE thing you'll ever see!! 🐝#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/OAHe0lIMpB
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 14, 2024
While the situation was truly surprising for the tennis fraternity, the attendees dropped exciting reactions to the situation. They expressed their true feelings after getting mobbed by bees at the Indian Wells.
Fans take a hilarious and sarcastic take on bee invasion at the ongoing Indian Wells tournament
The tennis fraternity came forward to express their feelings about the situation yesterday. Most of them dropped funny reactions. Fans expressed how they never encountered a situation like that.
Never seen anything like that before! 🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
— MaureenWRC💚🤍💜 (@MaureenWRC) March 14, 2024
People funnily commented about how they never thought of encountering such a bizarre situation.
I’ve been watching tennis most of my life. This is a new one. https://t.co/q6nLFWa1oO
— Suz (@OhhSuzannah) March 15, 2024
Fans hilariously expressed their trust issues after encountering the situation.
When you thought you‘ve seen it all 😭😂
— Fabio (@MySoundOfTennis) March 14, 2024
Tennis fans seemed completely surprised seeing the bee invasion at the Indian Wells Stadium 1.
This is unBEEleivable.
— Trudy Seivwright MD (@SeivwrightTrudy) March 14, 2024
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Nonetheless, fans took a funny response to the Indian Wells bee invasion during Alcaraz’s match.
Who let the bees out?
— RJern (@rernjern) March 14, 2024
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The swarm of bees taking over the India Wells garden truly shocked both the organizers and the fans. However, the committee is trying its best to ensure such problems do not arise in the future and players can have a secure and comfortable match.