Stefanos Tsitsipas was compelled to plead with an umpire on Wednesday to have a fan kicked out of his tennis match after accusing her of buzzing earlier than he served.

The Greek world quantity 4 approached the umpire to say there was “a person imitating a bee” behind him on the Western and Southern Open in Ohio.

The 25-year-old did not instantly recognise it was a spectator making the noise at first – at one level, waving his racket within the air, making an attempt to swat away the non-existent bee.

However, he finally clocked that the noise was coming from the seats behind him.

“It’s a buzz right before I serve,” he mentioned.

The umpire mentioned he would “take care of it”, however Tsitsipas went to a bunch of individuals behind him to search out out who the wrongdoer was.

One fan instantly pointed at a lady within the entrance row. His opponent, American Ben Shelton, additionally came to visit to search out out what was occurring.

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“I know they’re supporting the [other player],” Tsitsipas mentioned to the umpire.

“I want her out. She needs to go,” he added.

He went over to the fan they usually spoke for a number of minutes, nevertheless it isn’t identified what was mentioned.

Tsitsipas gained, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2), however then misplaced within the spherical of 16 to Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.

He misplaced to Novak Djokovic within the Australian Open last in January, went out within the quarter-final of the French Open to Carlos Alcaraz in June, and was dismissed by Christopher Eubanks within the spherical of 16 at Wimbledon in July.

Tsitispas is seeded fifth for the US Open in New York later this month.