Jessica Pegula hits a serve

Photo : Martin Sidorjak

Tennis is a sport of numbers. From its complicated scoring system to its plethora of statistics, there are a lot of numbers involved in the sport.

So when a player starts making a point about a number without context, it could mean a lot of different things. And after one particular moment this week at the Madrid Open, the people of Twitter tried to help clear up some of the confusion.

Have a look.

One potato, two potato

After Jessica Pegula was caught on camera aggressively counting something during her round three clash with Bianca Andreescu in Madrid, the WTA, as they have become prone to do, decided to have a little fun.

Pegula herself even encouraged it.

https://twitter.com/JLPegula/status/1521556876336549888

Here’s what people thought.

https://twitter.com/RafaelNadalGOAT/status/1521685299323056129
https://twitter.com/Man93095717/status/1521524478257336323

The most logical answer:

(Pegula had 17 break points in the opening set against Andreescu, when this video was taken).

Some folks had some non-tennis related ideas though.

https://twitter.com/KenInSanJose/status/1521858006916296704

Leading by example

Some nice behaviour from the best women’s player in the world right now.

Rain, rain, go away

This is… different.

https://twitter.com/AJEccles/status/1521121732995788802

Star Power

Genie Bouchard channeling her inner Audrey Hepburn.

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