Reuters
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Croatian Donna Vekic mentioned she was ‘freaking out’ after the door of the helicopter she was touring in to the Guadalajara Open in Mexico opened mid-flight.
The 26-year-old, runner-up in San Diego final week, arrived safely and made mild work of her first-round opponent Laura Pigossi however her pre-match routine was hardly supreme.
“It was nice, besides the door opened mid-flight,” Vekic advised reporters. “It was really my fault as a result of after we have been sitting at the start, it was so sizzling, so I opened the door a bit bit to have some air. I assume I didn’t shut it correctly.
“10 minutes into the flight, the door opened. I used to be freaking out. The fellows have been freaking out within the again as a result of I used to be sitting within the entrance.
“The pilot was like, ‘No pasa nada. No pasa nada (no downside).’”
Vekic, who arrange an organization making bees wax candles and donates cash to bee conservation, is battling again up the rankings after falling exterior the highest 100.
She impressed in San Diego the place she got here by way of qualifying and beat two top-10 gamers earlier than shedding to world primary Iga Swiatek within the closing in three units.
Vekic faces Veronika Kudermetova on Wednesday.
