Venomous Snake Causes Lengthy Delay at Thiem's Match

During his first round match at the Brisbane International, former US Open champion Dominic Thiem's match against Australian James McCabe was interrupted for 40 minutes due to a venomous eastern brown snake appearing on the court. The snake, one of Australia's deadliest, was eventually removed by a professional snake catcher. Despite being behind initially, Thiem came back to win the match with scores of 2-6, 7-6, 6-4.