By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Photo Credit: BNP Paribas Open Instagram
An inspired bee flock Carols Alcaraz To bring the shock of buzzing in the Indian wells.
BNP Protection Protection Paribas Open Alcaraz Champion included Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-4 by extending his Indian Wells by winning the line in 14 matches.
Then, Alcaraz credited to Hive Hive, a group of fans dressed in bee costumes, for bringing good buzzing that helped him give dynamic tennis.
The latest story tells us: a happy Alcaraz is a dangerous Alcaraz.
“It is funny because, I mean, it helped me a lot, because, you know, throughout the first set, I looked at them and laughing,” Alcaraz told the media in Indian Wells. “And I always say that when I laugh, when I have fun in court I show good tennis.
“So maybe thanks to them that I could show good tennis too,”.
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Alcaraz said he noticed viewing bee hives on the big screen.
Then, Alcaraz was tied to the bees.
“I didn’t understand until the second game, the camera placed them on the screen. So it was funny,” Alcaraz said. “As I said, I took a selfie in the end because I think they deserve it.”
Continuing his attempt for a rare Indian Wells foil, Alcaraz bee bees come a year after he resisted a savage bee attack during his 2024 Bekp Paribas Opribinal Bekp Paribas against Alexander Zverev.
Serving in 1, 15-0, Alcaraz stopped as some bees began to dive around.
As a herd of bees buzzed Alcarazi’s head, the lawyer of the Mohamed Lahyani chair, stalled in the temple, was rejected by the chair, tried for Alcaraz to get the cover and both made a bee line for exit.
“I saw some bees around, but I thought there were just a few of them, not too much,” Alcaraz said. “But I saw the sky and there were thousands, thousands of flying, stuck in my hair, going to me. It was crazy. One of them was hitting me.
“But yes, I tried to stay away from them, but it was impossible. As I said, stuck in my hair, so I was finishing. I am a little afraid of them (smiling). I had to stay safe, and yes, I was running anywhere.”
The bees gathered on the Spydercam camera above the court as if it were a hive at home.
The most bee thing you will ever see !! 🐝#Tennisparadize Pic.twitter.com/oaehe0limpb
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) March 14, 2024
“The game has been suspended because of a bee occupation,” Umpire Lahyani announced around 3:20 pm with local time.
About 58 minutes after that notice, Keeper of Bee Lance Davis, Wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt with “killer bees” decorated throughout the back, sunglasses and no other visible protection against swarm-no gloves, no helmets and fearlessly-did not use a vacuum, the technical term “Blower Bee” to remove bees.
The foo fighters “My Hero” faded over the sound system while the bold bee goalkeeper escalated the stadium steps like Rocky Balboa inspired by running the steps of the Philadelphia art museum-taking high-rise fans along the way to face face-to-face infection.
Later, the dedicated beekeeper took the time to talk to a disturbed Alcaraz in the network about Swarm’s condition, apparently assuring the 20-year-old Spaniard he was sure.
“Well, I won’t lie. I’m a little afraid of bees,” Alcaraz said. “Seeing some bees warming up, so I didn’t feel 100 percent with the bees there.”
The toughest opponent today?🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 pic.twitter.com/afoude7agb
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) March 15, 2024
Appropriately, the heroic goalkeeper of the bees Lance Davis threw the coin before Alcaraz’s opening match giving the Spaniard a strong sense of bees to protect his title.
