Tennis | Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sner semi-final resumes after 3-hour delay in Indian Wells

Sure, Indian Wells continues to be within the Southern California desert, however on the fourth day of the two-week BNP Paribas Open, the tennis event is delayed by rain.

Saturday’s males’s semifinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Janic Sinner was halted by mild rain within the first set with Sinner main 2-1 on serve after 17 minutes of play. The gamers left the court docket at 1:56 PM native time.

The gamers had been introduced again onto the court docket 20 minutes later. After a brief warm-up simply as they had been about to start out once more, one other wave of mist blew by way of. Because the gamers examined the strains of sleight with their sneakers, event officers determined to escort Sinner and Alcaraz off the court docket once more. There was an extended delay.

After 4pm the court docket drying crew took to Stadium 1 to start drying the court docket utilizing a mixture of squeegees and leaf blowers.

The gamers returned to the court docket for warm-ups at 4:49pm and play resumed at 4:56pm – precisely three hours after initially leaving the court docket. About 95 % of the primary full stadium returned after the delay.