India, Aug. 31 -- Karolina Muchova had to recently deal with an awkward and uncomfortable incident during the ongoing 2025 US Open. On Thursday, she was facing Sorana Cirstea and was 4-1 up in the first set. Then something visibly left her upset, and she even broke into tears.

Then, at one point, she went to a specific part of the crowd, and it looked like she was saying something to someone. Also, the incident had an impact on her tennis as her opponent fought back, but Muchova managed to take the first set before sealing a 7-6(0), 6-7(3), 6-4 win.

After the match, she told reporters that it was her ex-boyfriend, who was present in the venue during the match.

"It's not tennis-related, so I don't like to talk about it. But, my ex-boyfr...