Running over to her seat to grab a towel, and then racing across the court once more, Paolini thanked her crowd of supporters with a gift of her own.
Also in the interview, the Italian noted the difficulty of competing against a player in her home country.
“It’s not easy to play a Chinese player in China, but the atmosphere was great, a lot of people,” the No. 3 seed said. “It’s really good to have fans here, I’m really happy to be playing here in Wuhan.”
