New Australian crowd favourite Daria Gavrilova managed to see the funny side of an embarrassing gaffe during her post-match interview after progressing through to the fourth round.
"I'm good from behind... oh": Daria Gavrilova. Photo: Eddie Jim
The Russian-born Gavrilova continued her dream summer, which also included a Hopman Cup victory, with a pulsating come-from-behind victory against Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic 6-4 4-6 11-9.
But the 21-year-old was left red-faced with a slip of the tongue that saw the crowd erupt into laughter following an answer to how she managed to claw her way back into the contest after going a set down.
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"I'm good from behind... oh," she replied.
Gavrilova backed up her stunning second-round win over dual Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova to take out Mladenovic, the tournament's 28th seed, in a rollercoaster encounter at Hisense Arena that featured no less than 13 service breaks.
Granted citizenship in November, Gavrilova will next face Spanish 10th seed Carla Suarez Navarro on Sunday in her audacious quest to end Australia's 38-year women's title drought.
Good from behind ;) ;) ;)
��� Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) January 22, 2016The bubbly youngster was unable to contain her excitement after wowing fans at the so-called people's court for almost three hours.
"I've got nothing in my head. I'm just really excited and I want to hug the whole stadium," Gavrilova beamed.
"I just want to play again. I want to play again on Sunday. I'm just really happy. I can't explain it."
with AAP