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Casey Dellacqua was there to console distressed teenager Mirra Andreeva following the girls singles final on Saturday.
There were heartbreaking scenes as 15-year-old Mirra Andreeva broke down in tears following her 6-7(2) 6-4 7-5 loss to close friend Alina Korneeva in a mammoth three-hour, 18-minute match.
Korneeva threw away two championship points serving at 5-4 in the final set but broke back right away to seal the title.
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The close result left Andreeva in tears but Korneeva quickly ran over to her friend to console her, which melted many on social media.
“Love this so much!!! Go girls!!! No one deserved to lose,” injured Australian star Daria Saville tweeted.
Prominent tennis journalist Stephanie Myles added: “Totally class behaviour by the champion, whispering words of comfort in Andreeva’s ear before going on to celebrate it.”
However Andreeva was inconsolable and tears continued to flow during the post-match ceremony.
Dellacqua was then seen approaching Andreeva as she buried her head in her towel.
Korneeva revealed after the match she had also done her best to cheer her opponent up.
“She’s a very good player and I hope we will have a lot of good matches in the future,” she said, according to nine.com.au.
“I know sometimes she will win. It’s normal, it’s life. I said to her, ‘Don’t cry, Mirra’, because it was a very good match, very tough battle, a lot of good points.
“She showed her best. I showed my best that I could show and congratulations to her, because it was a good week for her.”
She said during the trophy presentations: “First of all, I want to congrats Mirra with this amazing week, this amazing battle.
“It’s not our last battle and we will have a lot of good matches when you will win, when me will win, and congrats – it was hard match.”
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