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Snake interrupts play at a tennis tournament in Australia

McCabe had just won the first set 6-2 against the 2020 US Open winner when the lizard was seen among electrical wires on the side of the court in full front of the audience.

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On Saturday, Dominic Thiem’s Brisbane International qualifying match against Australian James McCabe was called off after a snake slithered courtside.

McCabe had just won the first set 6-2 against the 2020 US Open winner when the lizard was seen among electrical wires on the side of the court in full front of the audience.

Play was halted until a snake catcher arrived and managed to tease it into a bag.

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It was not clear what type of snake it was, but Australia is home 20 of the world’s 25 most venomous.

However, deaths from bites are rare.

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