See the heart-warming moment Australian Open star Eva Lys is left stunned after learning how much she's just earned at Melbourne Park
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German tennis star Eva Lys has become an instant cult hero after being in shock at learning her pay cheque at the Australian Open. Lys, 23, was outclassed by second seed Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-1 on Monday - but was delighted to hear her pay cheque was a whopping $420,000 after losing in the fourth round in Melbourne.
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'I have never went [this] far in a tournament,' the world number 128 said in an interview. A post shared by Australian Open (@australianopen). 'That is insane....'that [money] is a number I have never heard of in my life.'. Earlier in the tournament, Lys cancelled her flight out of Australia, hoping she would be a 'lucky loser.'.
Her sporting prayers were soon answered, when 13th seed Anna Kalinskaya withdrew from the tournament with a virus. Lys then capitalised on her opportunity, beating Aussie Kimberley Birrell, Varvara Gracheva and Jacqueline Cristian to reach the final 16.
'Obviously I'm very, very happy to be making it to the second week, I feel like the second week was always such a dream for me,' Lys said after her third-round win. German tennis star Eva Lys has become an instant cult hero after being in shock at learning her huge pay cheque at the Australian Open.
Lys, 23, was outclassed by second seed Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-1 - but was delighted to hear her pay cheque was a whopping $420,000 after losing in the fourth round. 'It definitely doesn't feel real for me right now. I don't know when the realisation will kick in.
