Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Stefanos Tsitsipas pleaded with an umpire on Wednesday to have a fan booted from his match, accusing her of making buzzing noises before he served.
Tsitsipas, the No. 4 ranked player in the world, went up to the umpire to say that there was "a person imitating a bee" behind him.
The 25-year-old didn't realize it was a person making the noise at first – at one point, he was waving his racket in the air, attempting to fight off the bee that wasn't actually there. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece exchanges words with fans after returning a shot to Ben Shelton of the United States during their match at the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 16, 2023, in Mason, Ohio. (Aaron Doster/Getty Images) Eventually, he realized the noise was coming from the seats behind him. "It's a buzz right before I serve," he said.
The umpire said he would "take care of it," and Tsitsipas went to a group of people behind him to find out who the culprit was.