When you win… but don’t realise it

Published by Tennismash

Basak Eraydin has that moment of 'did I win it?'

There are some players that become so fixated on crossing the finish line that that is all they think about. Then there are those players who probably don’t think they’ll get anywhere near the finish line, so are surprised when they do. Basak Eraydin falls into the latter category. The Turk scored the win of her life over former Wimbledon semifinalist Tsvetana Pironkova… but had no idea that the match was over.

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