While the crowd on Stadium Court patiently waited for the tournament’s beekeeper to arrive, Gauff was out on Stadium 2 trying to end Yuan Yue’s nine-match win streak. The newly-turned 20-year-old did just that, winning 6-4, 6-3 to make her first Indian Wells semifinal.
Gauff didn’t find out about the situation until after the match.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Gauff told reporters. “Did Alcaraz actually get stung?
“I saw the video of him trying to run away. I said he wasn’t fast enough. He’s a fast guy on the court, but I think he was trying to ask for clarification on what was going on. I would have [taken the] time violation, just leave.”
That’s just one of those things that I just — you can’t defeat the bees.”
Swiatek, Gauff relieved to escape bee invasion at Indian Wells
