Eva Lys declared her Australian Open fairytale as “the nicest week” of her life but additionally shared that not way back she was having tearful nights and questioning if her second would ever come.
On Monday, the fortunate loser’s spectacular marketing campaign at Melbourne Park completed with a 6-0 6-1 defeat to Iga Swiatek.
As you in all probability know very properly by now, the world No. 128 misplaced within the qualifying closing spherical however then made the primary draw on the final second after Anna Kalinskaya pulled out simply 10 minutes earlier than the beginning of her first-round match.
After making the primary draw, Lys gained three matches – reached her first Grand Slam round-of-16 – secured breaking into the top-100 for the primary time in her profession – and in addition bagged $420k in event prize cash.
“It’s definitely I think the nicest week I’ve had in my life just because it wasn’t really only about the result, but also about the whole story,” the 23-year-old mentioned.
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Lys: There have been numerous nights, usually with tears…
Earlier than drawing consideration to herself in Melbourne, she solely had three ITF titles to her identify and was largely bouncing between taking part in WTA 125 tournaments or attempting to sneak into the main-level tournaments by way of qualifying.
“I’ve had a lot of nights where I was actually talking to my parents, often with tears, asking, ‘When will the time come?'” the Australian Open sensation recounted.
“Because I know I have the potential, but sometimes I was the only person that’s really standing in my own way.
“All the pieces simply got here right down to this week the place on one facet it is undoubtedly the tennis I performed, but additionally it was the luck to start with.
“It was just the momentum that made it so special. So I’m definitely enjoying every second I had here.”
Now, Lys will definitely be hoping to proceed along with her rise and make extra noise in the remainder of 2025.
