JESSICA PEGULA was dramatically dumped out of the Australian Open in the third round by unseeded Serbian Olga Danilovic.
The world No55 stormed to a 7-6 6-1 win to set up a fourth-round clash with Spanish No11 seed Paula Badosa.
Danilovic, 23, had never made it past the first round at the at the Australian Open.
But now she’s matched her best-ever performance at a Grand Slam in reaching the last 16 – which she also managed at last year’s French Open.
In beating Pegula – dubbed “the world’s richest tennis star” – Danilovic cements herself as a rising star in the women’s game.
But it should come as no surprise, as the Serbian left-hander has sport in her blood.
Her dad, Predrag, is Serbian former basketball player, while her mum, Svetlana Radosevic, is a sports reporter in her home nation.
Not only that, Danilovic is also dating football royalty in Jan Oblak.
The Atletico Madrid superstar, 32, was once the most-in-demand goalkeeper in world football.
But the Slovenian – once linked with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle – decided to stick around at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Oblak has been at the club for 11 years, won the LaLiga title, Europa League and reached a Champions League final.
But sticking around in Madrid also hugely benefited his personal life, as he met Olga in the Spanish capital.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Australian Open star smacks bum and blows kisses to BOOING crowd before accusing them of being ‘super drunk'” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6367187191112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]The pair went public in 2023 around the time of Roland Garros when Olga said: “[Jan] means a lot to me… it is now clearer why I am based in Madrid.”
Since then, Oblak has been a regular on Danilovic’s Instagram page.
The tennis ace regularly serves up snaps of the loved-up couple together – at home, on holiday or even undertaking her “duties” at supporting Oblak at the Wanda Metropolitano.
She is not the first tennis star to date a famous footballer.
Former world No1 Ana Ivanovic enjoyed tremendous success throughout her 12-year career and married ex-Manchester United star Bastian Schweinsteigerin 2016.
