Unusual sequence at the Australian Open during the round of 16 between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Fritz, Monday in Melbourne.
At the start of the 5th set, a ball girl suddenly panicked.
After the Greek pointed out to her the presence of an object to be removed on the field near the end line, the young girl found herself totally paralyzed when she discovered that it was... an insect.
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Visibly suffering from entomophobia, the fear of insects, she was unable to overcome it to pick up the intruder.
Luckily for her, Tsitsipas came to her rescue and got rid of the horrible critter with the help of his racket.