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The operator Allwyn confirmed the draw had been paused "due to the bonus ball not dropping" and would resume as soon as possible with an alternative machine and "under the supervision of an independent adjudicator".

"We saw bones and ash dropping through the melted sheets," he told local media.

He momentarily allowed De Minaur back into the match in the second set when dropping serve in the sixth game, before breaking again and wrapping up his 20th straight win on indoor hard courts.

By the summer of 2024, Beth was losing weight dramatically, at one stage dropping a stone within six weeks.

But the next year, the ratio made its first statistically significant decline in two decades, dropping women to less than 83 cents on the dollar.