WATCH: Eva Lys jokes about “vodka” water bottle after Beijing blooper
The German fought back from 5-2 in the third set against Iva Jovic, and will face Elena Rybakina next.
Just when you think no one saw your blooper, social media proves otherwise—as Eva Lys learned on Friday at the China Open.
The German faced No. 32 seed Iva Jovic in a dramatic second-round clash at the WTA 1000 event in Beijing. The match went three sets and nearly three hours, with Lys rallying from 2-5 down in the decider to win 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 over a grueling two hours and 40 minutes.
“Left it all out there… Need a five-hour ice bath after that,” Lys wrote on social media afterward.
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But before the comeback was complete, TV cameras caught a lighter moment when the 23-year-old struggled more with her water bottle than her opponent.
X user Owen (@kostekcanu) clipped the changeover mishap: Lys opened her bottle, took a sip and then immediately doubled over and started coughing, before staring at the label in what seemed to be confusion.
The video was shared with the caption, “I think Eva accidentally filled her water bottle with vodka,” sparking plenty of laughter in the replies. One user even tagged Lys, asking her to “confirm” with a string of laughing emojis.
A few hours later, Lys joined in on the joke.
“Zero privacy 🙄” she wrote on X, sharing the video. “Everyone has their own methods to loosen up… 😂”
The world No. 66 has built a reputation for her playful social media presence—from an artsy Instagram series documenting every court she’s played on this year, to TikToks showing the realities of tour life, to tongue-in-cheek tweets about fellow players’ questionable parking skills.
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On court, her best Beijing run continues. After opening with a 6-1, 6-0 win over local wild card Zhang Ruien, she followed it with the gritty win over Jovic to reach the third round of the China Open for the first time.
Next up: former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, the No. 8 seed, who beat Catherine McNally 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Friday.
The China Open is a WTA 1000 event for women and an ATP 500 for men, and the final combined tournament of 2025. Coverage runs September 24–October 5, streaming live and on replay on Tennis Channel.