Jannik Sinner is through to the Australian Open quarterfinals after a drama-filled fourth-round win over Holger Rune. World No. 1 Sinner won in four sets, 6-3. 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, but this did not tell the story of a contest defined by illness.

The screw holding the net in place at the Australian Open’s main stadium has been jarred loose during defending champion Jannik Sinner’s fourth-round match against Holger Rune

Jannik Sinner moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals Monday by eliminating Holger Rune in a match paused by medical timeouts and the net detaching from the court.

The incident happened at the start of the fourth set in the fourth-round match between world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and the No. 13 seed Holger Rune. Trailing 1-0 in the set, Sinner hit a serve that broke the bolt attaching the net to the court.