In their first career meeting, Iga Swiatek scored a 6-1, 6-4 second-round win over Hsieh Su-wei at Roland Garros. But it turns out they have played together before, when Swiatek was a ball kid at the now-defunct Warsaw Open.
"Who would've thought that I already played doubles with one of the best doubles players in the world?" Swiatek wrote on Instagram when she first shared the insight earlier in September."10 years later we're on the same tour and I'm able to compete at this level on a daily basis."
After the win on Wednesday, Swiatek posted the picture again, stitched together with a similar shot from their Roland Garros match: