While the first tennis tournament in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, has been a success, there have been some problems with some errant lights.
Anett Kontaveit worked tirelessly to obtain her nation a WTA event and while it happened, she was the player who encountered the rogue lights first. Kontaveit was about to complete her match against Wang from China when the lights went out on the match point.
It was 5-2 in the final set with Kontaveit holding the advantage. She stepped up to serve the ball but missed the first serve. Before being able to serve again, the lights went out with the venue completely dark. Light returned moments later but it impacted Kontaveit who lost that game and the lead, making it 5-5. She did win the match 7-5 in the end.
A few days later the rogue lights returned and it happened yesterday early in the match between Kostyuk and Krejcikova. Up 3-0, Kostyuk was left confused when the umpire stopped play in the middle of a point calling let. What she and Krejcikova did not spot is visible in the video.
The WTA social media page joked about the court looking cool in its disco setting and Swiatek was amused by it commenting with a gif from the Minions Franchise.
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