Bees swarm Indian Wells tennis tournament, prompting almost two-hour delay

Indian Wells, Calif. — A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.

Alcaraz swatted at the bees buzzing around him before running for cover and the match was suspended after 19 minutes with Alcaraz serving tied at 1-1. The Mexican went on to win 6-3, 6-1, in less time than the delay of 1 hour, 48 minutes. The actual playing time was one hour, 29 minutes.

Dozens of bees attached themselves to the overhead spider camera that traverses the court and a man without any protective covering used a vacuum to clean them off.