Tennis finals usually keep all eyes on the court, but this one suddenly made everyone look up instead. The final of the ATP Challenger level Montemar Challenger between Zdenek Kolar and Gianluca Cadenasso was going smoothly, with strong rallies and a crowd fully into the match… Then out of nowhere, something unexpected happened, and just like that, the game was suspended temporarily.

Kolar and Cadenasso were facing each other for the first time in their careers. The match reached 3-4 with Cadenasso up 15-0 when a drone suddenly appeared above the court. The umpire stopped the match right away, and the whole place went quiet for a moment. Eventually play resumed and it was Kolar who beat the Italian 4-6, 4-6, to win his sixth Challenger title.

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