Open star quizzed on bizarre recovery method

Emma Raducanu rehydrates with coconut h2o aft her 6-3, 6-2 triumph implicit Tamara Korpatsch successful the archetypal round.

Addressing the media post-match, Raducanu was asked if she was drinking consecutive from a coconut.

"Yeah, it's truthful good," she said told the media.

"I utilized to hatred coconuts until the Australian Open past year, and past I had it and it's a crippled changer."

With the blistery temperatures Down Under, Raducanu explained that sipping connected coconuts was a "once-a-year" occurrence astatine the Melbourne major.

Coconut h2o immunodeficiency successful hydration arsenic the fluid is precocious successful electrolytes, without the added sugars and flavourings mostly recovered successful sports drinks.