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It is the first time the 22-year-old has strung together that many victories in one tournament since the 2021 US Open - when she sealed a fairytale triumph as a teenage qualifier.

They worked counts, strung together hits and manufactured runs.

“But the general message is that, ‘I will go outside and see these planets strung like pearls across the sky.’

Closer to home we walked for a mile under the bright holiday lights strung along the road at Griffith Park.

She described her years homeless and strung out succinctly: “I took the train to London and didn’t return home for years, except for the occasional bath,” she wrote.