He Miami Open 2024 This Tuesday, March 26, there was a curious and unprecedented moment. The women's division played a quarter-final match between Victoria Azarenka and Yulia PutintsevaBut due to an unexpected technical glitch, the match was stopped soon after the start.
While the fourth match of the tournament was underway, an unusual event occurred: Everything was going as normal up to the center court of the Miami Open. Power outage It caused some discomfort. From the referee's screen to the application of the hockey, a decisive element in deciding points.
Due to this, the referee decided to stop the match without hesitation. First he got some instructions over the radio and then approached the soldiers to tell them what was going on.
“Now that the electricity is out, there is no light and no sound. That is why We can't go on. We are going to stop here and we will return when everything is settled,” he told them, while the tennis players looked at each other in disbelief.
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The Miami Open organization said
This situation created consternation as it only occurred on the center court of the Miami Open and other tournaments scheduled elsewhere were able to proceed as normal.
From the WTA, they quickly responded and released a statement about the fight between the Belarusian and the Kazakh. “Currently, there is a problem with electricity in the stadium. “The system is working to resolve the issue and we hope to have play back in the next 10 minutes.”
It should be remembered that another strange incident occurred weeks ago in the United States, in Indian Wells, when the match between Carlos Algaras and Alexander Zverev was delayed by a swarm of bees.
It happened in the middle of the M1000 match with Algaraz and Zverev on court.
The organization had to enlist the help of an expert to combat the hives, which led to a massive invasion of bees. A picture of the Spaniard went viral after being punched by a model.
