Jack Draper’s highly anticipated clash with Joao Fonseca was bizarrely interrupted in the first set. The Brazilian teenager was serving at 4-4 30-15 when a loud alarm went off on the court, leaving both players baffled.
Fonseca waved his arms in disbelief as the umpire raced to report the incident. Commentators were also stunned, questioning whether it was an accident or a sign of emergency.
Draper had a huge test in his opening match in Indian Wells. As the 13th seed, he received a bye into the second round to meet Fonseca – the teenage sensation who has taken the tennis world by storm and recently won his first tour title in Buenos Aires.
The stands were packed on Court 4, with plenty of Brazilians in attendance to cheer on their man. The British No. 1 got an early break but Fonseca immediately got back on serve and there was little separating them.
As the teenage wildcard stepped up to serve in an important game at 4-4 30-15, an alarm started blaring across the court, stopping Fonseca in his tracks.
“Okay… That is not your television, it’s also not the audio feed from Indian Wells, it is something actually on the grounds,” Sky Sports commentator Jonathan Overend said.
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