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Watch: Tennis match suspended due to giant swarm of bees
Carlos Alcaraz reacts to swarm of bees flying during the quarterfinal match against Alexander Zverev in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Tennis match suspended due to giant swarm of bees

A Thursday afternoon quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open had to be suspended due to some unwelcome guests at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The unwanted guests? A swarm of bees. 

A giant swarm of bees. 

Match officials had no choice but to finally suspend the match.

Alcaraz, Zverev, the chair umpire and fans all had to take cover as bees swarmed the court for more than an hour.

After the 45 minutes of the delay a beekeeper showed up and calmly started vacuuming the bees off of a camera. 

Alcaraz won the event a year ago. He did not have to deal with bees on his way to that championship.

None of the other matches at the tournament on Thursday were impacted by the bees. 

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