Bianca Andreescu was one point from closing out Alice Tubello in Cali when an emergency alarm stopped play. She was serving for the match at 6-0, 5-4, 15-15, and the interruption forced everyone inside the court to leave the playing area.
Andreescu had already taken the first set 6-0 in 25 minutes, winning 71% of the points and 80% behind her serve. Tubello, ranked No. 152, had not created a break opportunity in that set, which made the late interruption feel less like a reset than a pause in a nearly finished job.
Earlier in Cali
Earlier in Cali, Andreescu beat Tamara Zidansek, Jazmin Ortenzi and Luisina Giovannini to reach the semifinals. That run also stretched her winning streak to 14 matches and included victories in Rovereto and Queretaro in October, the kind of sequence that turns a standard week into a title chase.
She was already chasing a third consecutive WTA 125 title, and the match against Tubello had moved into the kind of pressure point players usually want to finish quickly. Instead, the alarm cut through the moment while Andreescu stood three points away from another final.
A 3-0 swing
Tubello had briefly changed the shape of the semifinal by opening the second set 3-0. Andreescu answered with four straight games, then broke again to lead 5-4 before the interruption froze the match at the exact point where a routine hold would have ended it.
For Andreescu, the practical next step was simple: resume the service game and finish the job she had nearly completed. The harder part was the delay itself, because a match at 6-0, 5-4, 15-15 leaves no doubt about who had the momentum when the alarm sent players, officials and everyone inside the court away from the action.
