Macbook Air screen stayed black when coming out of sleep

I put my MBA on sleep earlier today. When I came back to wake it up, the screen stayed black (but somehow backlit). I had to close the top and open it back again in order to wake it properly. Anyone knows what happened? Should I worry about this? Maybe it's nothing and I'm overreacting, but I had so many issues with my last laptop (not an Apple product though) that I kinda became crazy about my computers.
My Macbook Air is two weeks old. It's a 11 inches running Maverick 10.9.5 and every software is updated.
Thanks!

Having something like that happen just once is no reason to be concerned. I’ve seen it happen - it isn’t common and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything is wrong. Being hyper sensitive about a new computer is normal, especially after experiencing the kind of disaster it sounds like you did with your previous computer.

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