A poisonous snake fell onto the court in the middle of a match at the Brisbane tournament

If you thought Rafa Nadal was going to be the only star at the Brisbane tournament, you’d be wrong. Reality always ends up surpassing fiction and this Saturday had the strangest and most dangerous moment ever A snake was smashed on the court during one of the qualifying matches.

Dominic Thiem and James McCabe meet on court 2 when the fight suddenly stopped when the presence of the snake was detected. Apparently, it is a brown snake with a size of about 50 centimeters, one of the most poisonous species from Australia.

The mess lasted about 40 minutes.after which the fight can be continued last victory for the former US Open championwho returned to the match with a final score of 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 to reach the final round of the qualifying phase.

If he succeeds in the game this Sunday, and if no other venomous beast can stop him, Thiem will be one of Rafa Nadal’s possible rivals when he returns to the courts after a year of absence.

The Spaniard was paired with a player to be determined from the previous round in a benevolent draw which will bring him a round of 16 duel against Russian Aslan Karatsev (35th) or Australian Jason Kubler (102nd).

The French Ugo Humbert (20th) in the quarterfinals and the second favorite, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (14th), in the semifinals They will be theoretical opponents. Dimitrov and Scot Andy Murray, another former number 1 in the draw, will set up the most interesting first round clash.

The danish Holger Rune (8th), top seed of the tournamentand Americans Ben Shelton (17th) and Sebastian Korda (24th) are at the top of the table and would be Nadal’s only rivals in a hypothetical final.