Dominic Thiem had a 40-minute delay to his Brisbane International match after the second most dangerous snake in the world broke onto the court for his qualifying match.

The former world No 3 was facing off against Australia’s James McCabe in the first round of qualifying at the Brisbane International.

Thiem had lost the first set but was on the comeback trail in the second before play was interrupted by a local intruder.

A fan sitting courtside spotted a long snake had begun making its way onto the court with play immediately suspended.

[Our Ebola says that was one of the wildest adjustments he had when he moved to Exmouth, WA from Guam. He’d gone from where nothing in his backyard could kill him to a place where everything in the backyard was actively trying to. ~ Beege]