Current:Home > Finance'Cotton Eye Joe' interrupted a tennis match: 'Is this really happening now?' -Wealth Empowerment Zone
'Cotton Eye Joe' interrupted a tennis match: 'Is this really happening now?'
View
Date:2025-04-15 22:42:47
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! (492)
Related
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Prince William cheers on 15 finalists of Earthshot Prize ahead of awards ceremony
- Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang
- Mississippi voters will decide between a first-term GOP governor and a Democrat related to Elvis
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Body cam video shows girl rescued from compartment hidden in Arkansas home's closet
- Chile says Cuban athletes who reportedly deserted at Pan American Games haven’t requested asylum
- Tennessean and USA TODAY Network appoint inaugural Taylor Swift reporter
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Election might not settle Connecticut mayor’s race upended by video of ballot box stuffing
Ranking
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Charlie Adelson found guilty in 2014 murder-for-hire killing of Dan Markel
- Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member set to win council seat as New York votes in local elections
- With electric vehicle sales growth slowing, Stellantis Ram brand has an answer: An onboard charger
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower as Australia’s central bank raises its key rate
- Multiple dog food brands recalled due to potential salmonella contamination
- Teachers in Portland, Oregon, strike for a 4th day amid impasse with school district
Recommendation
'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
Australian central bank lifts benchmark cash rate to 4.35% with 13th hike
Backstage with the Fugees: Pras on his hip-hop legacy as he awaits sentencing in conspiracy case
When is Veterans Day 2023 observed? What to know about the federal holiday honoring vets
Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
Insurer to pay nearly $5M to 3 of the 4 Alaska men whose convictions in a 1997 killing were vacated
Nearly 1M chickens will be killed on a Minnesota farm because of bird flu
New Mexico St lawsuit alleges guns were often present in locker room