A first-round match at the Miami Open was unexpectedly paused when an iguana casually strolled onto the court.
The second Masters 1000 event of the year is currently taking place in Florida.
Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Polina Kudermetova were playing their first-round match on Court 7.
The match had an unusual moment when play was briefly stopped because a spectator, of the reptilian kind, got too close to the action.
Just two points into the third set, an iguana wandered across the court lines and onto the playing area.
Both players had to wait while a worker used an umbrella to guide the iguana off the court.
Spectators in Florida are accustomed to seeing reptiles, so there was no widespread panic.
Once the iguana was off the court, the match quickly resumed.
Kudermetova, 21, had just won the second set 7-6 to even the match after Ruse took the first set 6-1.
Ruse, 27, from Romania, recovered after the interruption to win the deciding third set 6-2.
The world No. 50, Ruse, will now compete against 29th seed Magdalena Frech in the second round.
In other matches on day one, Naomi Osaka, a four-time major champion, returned to winning form by defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Osaka, previously ranked No. 1 in the world from Japan, was playing her second match since an injury at the Australian Open. She described her previous loss to Camila Osorio at Indian Wells as her “worst performance ever.”
Emma Raducanu is scheduled to play later today against teenage wildcard Sayaka Ishii.
British No. 1 Katie Boulter is also set to compete against Peyton Stearns.
There was good news for British tennis in the men`s qualifying rounds, as Jacob Fearnley and Billy Harris both qualified for the main draw.
Harris will play against American wildcard Eliot Spizzirri later today, and Fearnley is set to play against Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi.
Jack Draper, the recent champion at Indian Wells, has a bye in the first round and will play his first match against the winner between Roberto Bautista Agut and Jakub Mensik.
