Swiss Indoors tie suspended due to fog as star uses towel to clear the air

Play was suspended before a match could even get underway at the Swiss Indoors after fog filled the court.

Ben Shelton and Andrey Rublev completed their warm-up but couldn't start their quarter-final because of the bizarre interruption.

The American attempted to clear the mist with his towel but there was an eight-minute wait to get things started.

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