“Definitely doesn’t feel real for me right now, I don’t know when the realisation will kick in,” said a jubilant German rising star who, at just 5’4″, is one of the diminutive players on the tour. Still, she turned heads down under this year after making it to the fourth round in Melbourne and creating history as a Lucky Loser. Guess what? The 23-year-old WTA star has now earned yet another milestone. And that, too, against a former Wimbledon champion and hard-hitter Elena Rybakina . The China Open just witnessed its first major upset, thanks to… Eva Lys.

Eva Lys stunned the former World No.3 and Kazakh star player in Beijing, in R32, on Sunday morning. The contest on paper looked one-sided, in favor of Rybakina. However, the outcome was a far cry from reality. In a high-intensity b

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