The U.S. Open became a no-fly zone on Tuesday night during the Grigor Dimitrov-Frances Tiafoe match, won by the American.
During the second set of the eventual Tiafoe win, an unidentified bug , briefly pausing play as a ball per✨s൲on attempted to capture it.
They first attempted to s🍒wat the bug out of the air before missing and having to give chase to the insect.
The bug hopped around the court forꦦ a few moments as the ball person first tried to stomp it.
H๊e then tried to grab the bug with his hand again, missing for a second time.
The insect jumped away to another part of the court as the ball person gave chase yet again and seemed to have finally scooped up the bug, but i💎t seemed to slip out of his hands.
The ESPN broadcasters couldn’t help but chuckle as a second ball person joined in to try and assist as the bug became even more elusive, ducking and dodgi🐻ng two sets of hands before it was finally smushed and captured.
The ball person was ❀given a rousing round of applause from the Arthur Ashe Stadiu☂m crowd while he couldn’t help but smile as he retook his position on the side of the court.
It’s unclear what the bug was, but one social media user had ꩲsome fun ꦦwith the incident.
“Lantern🐽 fl🌟y is the HOTTEST celebrity at the US Open thus far,” .
Spotted Lanternflies have become a common an🐟noyance in the New York area over the past few years and have been known to wreak 🐽havoc on crops like apples, grapes an♉d hardwood trees.
The pesky bug especially became a nuisance i🍎n🍌 the Big Apple in the summer of 2022.
A number of big names were in attendance for the match on Tuesday night, including tennis🍸 legend Roger Federer, comedian Kevin Hart, Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu and NFL commissioner Rodger Goodell.
