“Headshot!” Gabi Ruse, tasty moment after the victory in Melbourne

Gabriela Ruse has had an excellent run at the Australian Open and, after an impressive success with Dayana Yastremska (25 years old, 28 WTA), she followed up with a victory with Ajla Tomljanovic, score 6-4, 6-4.

The ball thrown by Gabriela Ruse in the stands landed on a woman's head

As a result, the 28-year-old player qualified for the third round, where she will meet Mirra Andreeva (18 years old, 7 WTA), athlete who reached 30 matches won in Grand Slam competitionsfollowing in the footsteps of Maria Sharapova.

Overjoyed, Ruse signed numerous autographs at the end of the game and offered balls to the spectators. At one point, the world number 79 tennis player threw a ball into the stands and it landed on the head of a woman who was talking to someone and wasn't paying attention.

Bewildered, it took the viewer a few seconds to understand what had happened. Her mouth dropped, she began to laugh, while Ruse, with a smile on his face, shouted “sorry”.

Eyes on the ball – even in the stands 😉

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Gabriela Ruse, before the duel with Mirra Andreeva: “I will leave my heart and soul on the field”

For the Russian, reaching the third round represents the best performance of her career at the Australian Open. The Romanian revealed that she played with a lot of confidence and that she will fight to the maximum in the confrontation with Andreeva.

I don't have any expectations at the moment because I don't know her. I want to enjoy what I achieved today with my team and my coach will probably update me on all the details about it.

I've never played, I can't say I know much about her, obviously she's a very good player, a young player, but I think she's ready for anything and I know I'll leave my heart and soul out there on the court

– Gabriela Ruseaccording to Eurosport