Unusual Technical Difficulties Interrupt Women’s Quarterfinal Match at Miami Open 2024

He Miami Open 2024 had a curious and unprecedented moment this Tuesday, March 26. In the women’s branch, the quarterfinals were played between Victoria Azarenka and Yulia Putintsevabut the game had to be stopped as soon as it started due to an unexpected technical problem.

Everything was going normally until while the fourth game of the match was being played, an unusual event occurred: the center court of the Miami Open suffered a power outage and that caused certain inconveniences. From the judge’s screen to the use of Hawkeye, a decisive element in determining the points.

In this way, the umpire did not hesitate and decided to stop the match. She first received some instructions over the radio and then approached the players to tell them what was happening.

“At the moment, we have lost electricity, so we have no light or sound. That is why we can’t continue. We are going to stop here and when everything is resolved we will return,” she told them, while the tennis players looked at each other in disbelief.

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What the Miami Open organization said

This situation generated astonishment, since it only occurred on the center court of the Miami Open and the other matches scheduled elsewhere were able to continue developing normally.

From the WTA, they quickly reacted and released a statement about the duel between the Belarusian and the Kazakh. “At the moment, problems with electricity in Stadium. “The organization is working to resolve the problem and we trust that in the next 10 minutes the game can return.”

It should be remembered that at Indian Wells, weeks ago, also in the United States, another atypical event occurred when the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev was delayed by a swarm of bees.

This happened with Alcaraz and Zverev on the court in the middle of the M1000 match.

The organization had to request the help of a specialist to combat the honeycomb that had given way to a large invasion of bees. An image of the Spaniard even went viral after being stung by a specimen.

2024-03-26 19:10:26
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