Neither Carlos Alcaraz nor Alexander Zverev. A beekeeper has become the star of the Indian Wells quarterfinal match. The man had to jump onto the center court of the tournament in the Californian desert due to an “invasion of bees”, which made it impossible for the match to be played.
The origin of the problem was a ‘spidercam’, a high-altitude camera that moves suspended by cables and where hundreds of those flying insects had been installed, which came to sting Alcaraz on the forehead.
Then the unexpected “hero without a cape” came into action: a beekeeper who, armed with a vacuum cleaner and surprisingly without any type of protection on his face or hands beyond sunglasses, was in charge of removing the bees from that chamber. .
Later he went down to the court with a spray and was received with applause from the public and with smiles from the tennis players, who were breathing easier.
The beekeeper also enjoyed his moment of glory at Indian Wells. He took some selfies with fans, smiled at a television camera and also spoke to Alcaraz and Zverev next to the net to explain the situation.
Neither the “invasion” of bees on the center court of the Californian tournament, which forced the match to be suspended for almost two hours, nor one of its most feared ogres on the circuit stopped the Murcian, who struck down the German Alexander Zverev 6-3 and 6-1 in one hour and 29 minutes and will face the Italian Jannik Sinner in the semifinals.
Alcaraz, who admitted at a press conference that he was “a little afraid of bees,” wanted to recognize the work of the beekeeper. “Not all heroes wear capes!” He wrote on his X account (formerly Twitter).
