'Cotton Eye Joe' Blasts Through Stadium During Montreal Tennis Match

A nail-biting tiebreaker at a professional tennis tournament was interrupted thanks to “Cotton Eye Joe!”

The match was as close as it gets at the semifinals of Montreal’s National Bank Open … Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek were trading points, with Pegula ahead 4-3 in the tiebreaker.

As the ball was in play, everyone in the venue heard “If it hadn’t been for the Cotton Eye Joe” blaring from the speakers … the chair ump immediately suspended play.

You hear the announcer kinda shocked, but musically knowledgeable, telling the audience, “Oh wow, ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ just came on mid-rally.”

The point was replayed and in the end, the interruption may have changed the momentum, because Pegula never scored another point and Swiatek won 7-4, taking the second set.

Fear not, Pegula fans … she won the match in the third set.

That damn Joe!

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