Current:Home > reviews'Cotton Eye Joe' interrupted a tennis match: 'Is this really happening now?' -Zenith Investment School
'Cotton Eye Joe' interrupted a tennis match: 'Is this really happening now?'
View
Date:2025-04-18 04:15:20
Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from at the Canadian Open, Cotton Eye Joe?
It was an unusual interruption in one of the biggest matches of the Canadian Open, as No. 1 seeded Iga Swiatek and No. 4 seeded Jessica Pegula played their semifinal match in Montreal Saturday. During a critical point of the match, with Pegula up 4-3 in a second-set tiebreaker and three points away from victory, Swiatek was about to strike the ball when the 1995 song by the Rednex just started to play out of nowhere.
The crowd was stunned, and Pegula was visibly confused as to why the song began to play inside IGA Stadium.
Swiatek went on to win the tiebreaker to force a third set, but Pegula was able to recover to win the match in a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4 victory. She was also able to have a laugh in the odd incident after the match.
"I just thought it was funny. I've never had that happen, let alone 'Cotton-Eye Joe' I was like, 'Is this really happening now?' Like, of all the songs, it was just like what is going on?" Pegula said.
Pegula will hope there are no music interruption in the Canadian Open final, where she'll face the winner of Elena Rybakina and Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday.
veryGood! (57)
Related
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- Friday the 13th luck? 13 past Mega Millions jackpot wins in December. See top 10 lottery prizes
- Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
- See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
- How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
- Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
- Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
Ranking
- North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID
- South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
Recommendation
Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
Mets have visions of grandeur, and a dynasty, with Juan Soto as major catalyst
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon