US tennis player Peyton Stearns won a huge victory on the Italian Open on Monday – but it came at a price when she fell ill after the match.
Stearns survived Naomi Osaka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4) in a two-hour and 42-minute marathon of a competition in Sunny Rome.
But after obtaining the victory to reach the quarter -final of the tournament, Stearns immediately vomited on the side of the courtyard.
The 23 -year -old man, who had been seen at the end of the match, also vomited before the third set tied.
“I think that in equality breaking, I was just trying not to vomit in the middle of the courtyard,” she said later in an interview on the ground.
“I didn’t feel best. But I dug so deeply. I don’t think I dug so deep in a moment.
Peyton Stearns immediately vomited after winning a victory on Monday at the Italian Open
Stearns was visibly ill during the match, which lasted almost three hours in Sunny Rome
Stearns then withdrew from his double planned match alongside Daria Kasatkina Russian-Australian, citing a gastrointestinal disease.
This disease seems to be a continuous problem for the American, as it also referred in February.
“I do not recommend that you have a GI disease and play 2 games in a day … Not a good combo,” she wrote, with a photo of her lying on the ground.
However, she seems to be in a good mood after her victory on Monday, because she actually published the video of her vomiting, with a dog Emoji and Emoji in brick.
Monday’s defeat will be difficult to swallow for Osaka, which led 4-2 in equality before ultimately removing the match.
Stearns, on the other hand, has now made a quarter -final WTA 1000 for the second time.
She will face Danielle Collins or Elina Svitolina in her next match.
Stearns survived Naomi Osaka to reach a quarter -final WTA 1000 for the second time
Osaka held an advance of 4-2 in equality before missing a setback and finally losing the match
Stearns, 23, world n ° 42, has lost a short time to make his brand in tennis after winning a national university championship in Texas.
Since his pro return in 2022, Stearns has compiled a 9-8 file with Grand Chelem, including a better career race towards the fourth round of the United States in 2023.
Stearns reached the third round of the Open of France and the United States the US open last year.
In addition to beating the quadruple champion of the Grand Chelem Osaka, Stearns also won an impressive victory a round earlier when she won no the world. 6 And his compatriots American Madison Keys.