SPIDER-CAM ALMOST HITS UMPIRE
An umpire was lucky to escape injury on Sunday when a spider-cam smashed into the sun shield above her chair, ripping it off, as Maria Sharapova and Ashleigh Barty stood nearby. . In the immediate aftermath the spider-cam, which hovers above the court on a cable, moving vertically and horizontally to offer an overhead perspective, attempted to swoop down closer to the action. Instead the camera crashed into the sun shield of shocked umpire Alison Hughes, removing it completely and narrowly missing her head.
Svitolina, Monfils set up joint instagram account
A blossoming romance between new tennis couple Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils has fans baying for more, with the pair obliging by setting up a joint Instagram account. Ukrainian sixth seed Svitolina revealed last week that she is dating French star Monfils after he was spotted in her player box. “He’s there for me, he’s supporting me, and I’m there for him as well,” she said. “He understands, I understand, what we’re going through. It’s great.” The news sent social media into overdrive and the pair have now launched a joint Instagram account ‘g.e.m.s life’ Gael Elina Monfils Svitolina — which quickly got thousands of likes. The pair posted a video montage of the two of them going about their daily lives together and did a Q&A with fans. Australian women’s player Daria Gavrilova called for other tennis couples to follow suit. “I wanna see Wawrinka and Donna Vekic get a joint account and also Thiem and Kristina Mladenovic,” she said, to which Mladenovic said: “100% not happening here.”