As Anisimova took a breather, she was seen pulling out a Cincinnati Open-branded plastic cup from underneath her towel which contained a fizzy golden liquid.<\/p>\n
It led Tennis Channel commentator Brett Haber to ask three-time Grand Slam singles champion Lindsay Davenport: \u201cWhat is that, Lindsay?\u201d<\/p>\n
To which Davenport responded: \u201cIt could be apple cider, Brett?\u201d<\/p>\n
Haber replied: \u201cI mean, I would never suggest that a player was drinking a beer in the middle of a match.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before Davenport added: \u201cI have never seen that.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Haber proceeded to claim the substance \u201clooked like\u201d beer, he posed other possible explanations, saying: \u201cIt could be non-alcoholic, it could be cider, it could be anything. We don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the puzzling footage was later explained by Haber as he revealed the drink in question was in fact a Red Bull.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe can confirm via one of our courtside camera operators that Anisimova asked for and was delivered a Red Bull. That is the mystery bevvie.\u201d<\/p>\n
And it appeared to work for her as she comfortably claimed the deciding set to progress through in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
World No. 10 Anisimova reached the Wimbledon and US Open finals in 2025.<\/p>\n
In a desperately disappointing performance, she was beaten 6-0 6-0 by Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon final.<\/p>\n
But Anisimova put up much more of a fight against Aryna Sabalenka in New York, eventually succumbing to a 6-3 7-6 (3) defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis star Amanda Anisimova bizarrely left commentators convinced she was drinking a beer during her match at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[431897,431902,84046,136952,431879,431885,431908,378414,431904,431909,431884,431877,391203,431881,382330,383301,379284,431898,431886,431891,353098,431901,4909,64,63,33773,261762,431896,258909,276063,10366,8851,6986,431894,431905,431874,431900,2636,431889,62756,377208,431882,46220,22795,431876,28028,1025,431892,431888,382196,16380,431899,85,747,431907,18281,431903,23648,36832,381352,382194,416122,431890,386279,431893,431875,288453,431880,431895,431911,431906,118149,382336,431878,431887,431883,431910,28333,377211],"class_list":["post-862211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-s-choice","tag-2025-in","tag-84046","tag-136952","tag-6-0-6-0","tag-a-4-6-6-4-6-2-victory","tag-a-6-3","tag-a-beer","tag-a-breather","tag-a-changeover","tag-a-cincinnati-open-branded-plastic-cup","tag-a-desperately-disappointing-performance","tag-a-fight","tag-a-fizzy-golden-liquid-it","tag-a-match","tag-a-moment","tag-a-player","tag-a-quarter-final-clash","tag-a-red-bull","tag-a-red-bull-he","tag-anisimova","tag-apple-cider","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beer","tag-brett","tag-cincinnati-world-no-10-anisimova","tag-commentators","tag-davenport","tag-defeat","tag-drink","tag-fact","tag-filipino-star-alex-eala","tag-haber","tag-her-match","tag-her-towel","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-just-1-as","tag-kayo","tag-kayo-sports-new","tag-linda-noskova-watch-amanda-anisimova","tag-lindsay","tag-match","tag-much-more","tag-mystery","tag-new-york","tag-other-possible-explanations","tag-our-courtside-camera-operators","tag-overseas-live","tag-question","tag-refreshment","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-channel-commentator-brett-haber","tag-tennis-star","tag-tennis-star-amanda-anisimova","tag-tennis-world","tag-the-american","tag-the-best","tag-the-biggest-aussie-sports","tag-the-changeover","tag-the-cincinnati-open","tag-the-commentators","tag-the-deciding","tag-the-drink","tag-the-middle","tag-the-mystery-bevvie","tag-the-post-match-headlines-watch","tag-the-puzzling-footage","tag-the-second-set-changeover","tag-the-substance","tag-the-video-player","tag-the-wimbledon-and-us-open-finals","tag-the-wimbledon-final-but","tag-the-world-no-10","tag-three-time-grand-slam-singles-champion-lindsay-davenport","tag-tuesday","tag-your-first-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}