A extremely venomous snake interrupted play throughout Dominic Thiem’s victory towards James McCabe on the Brisbane International qualifying occasion.
Former US Open champion Thiem was a set right down to Australian McCabe when the snake was noticed close to the courtside electrical wires.
A 40-minute break in play adopted whereas the reptile was safely eliminated by an expert snake catcher.
The animal was recognized as a extremely venomous japanese brown snake and was roughly 50cm in size.
Following the delay, Thiem recovered to win 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 and advance to the second and ultimate spherical of qualifying for the Brisbane International.
Former world primary Rafael Nadal will mark his return in Brisbane right now in a doubles match alongside Marc Lopez.