Enjoying her time on the tennis court, Nana, an enthusiastic tennis player, headed to her local court for a routine training session. Little did she know that her day would take a terrifying turn when she found herself in a life-threatening situation brought on by an unexpected bolt of lightning.

As the rain poured down on the court in Banjarnegara, Indonesia, Nana was wrapping up her practice session when the unimaginable happened. In a flash of events, a bolt of lightning came dangerously close to hitting her, leaving her stunned by the near miss.

The heart-stopping moment was captured on camera by Nana herself and shared on her TikTok account, @nfianas. The video shows her engrossed in practicing her forehand shots, completely unaware of the imminent danger as she exchanged hits with her coach on the other side of the net.

But after the second returning shot, the lightning bolt strikes seemingly out of nowhere, igniting the tallest tree beside the court before the flames turned to smoke.

Visibly shaken by the incident which left her just metres from death, Nana drops her racquet onto the court and covers her ears while looking for shelter.

Posting on the social media app, she recalled the traumatic ordeal which has since gone viral.

‘There were lots of people playing soccer on the field nearby it was just when the weather had calmed down, she said. 

‘But suddenly, just as I was about to finish the last 30 minutes of the training session, this lightning came down and hit the tallest tree, and everyone in the soccer field next door screamed. 

‘From there I was really shocked, my reflexes meant I just slammed the racquet and I froze.

‘My coach was also speechless because he said he most clearly saw the lightning strike in front of his eyes.’

In the clip, the roaring sound of the lightning bolt can be heard as it rips through the leaves and branches of the huge tree.

However, it appears the terrifying incident has not discouraged Nana from continuing to practice her tennis skills.

Over the last 72 hours, the Indonesian has posted multiple clips of herself on the court and decorating her racquet.

The country, which is nestled between Australia and Thailand has a population of more than 280 million, and is one of the most common places for lightning to strike in the world.

In 2022, Indonesia recorded the highest number of lightning strikes by some distance.

With more than 76 million recorded in the calendar year, it finished way ahead of Argentina in second place, who recorded just under 42 million.

Mexico ranked in third with 41.85 million, while Uganda finished fourth with 3.2 million recorded lightning strikes.

The incident on the tennis court also follows the now infamous ‘electric eruption’ of Indonesia’s Ruang volcano last April.

The eruptions, which seen fiery lava and ash plumes spewed thousands of metres into the air, forced the evacuation of 11,000 people and the closure of Sam Ratulangi International Airport in the provincial capital of Manado.

Mount Ruang is a 725m volcano on remote Ruang Island, 1,640km from Indonesia’s tourist hotspot Bali.

According to Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation, Mount Ruang erupted five times throughout the day last Spring.

Fears were raised that Mount Ruang could trigger a tsunami by collapsing into the sea.

Indonesia has over 120 active volcanoes – more than anywhere else in the world. It sits along a 40,000km arc of seismic fault lines around the Pacific Ocean.

In November 2024, the nearly 6000 ft tall Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki also erupted and killed ten people.

The vast archipelago nation experiences frequent eruptions due to its position on the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’, an area of intense volcanic and seismic activity.