A TENNIS player turned up on court with his SUITCASE after a mad dash to play in two tournaments in 24 hours.
Ryan Seggerman was in doubles action in the final of the Szczecin Challenger in Poland on Saturday.
The American, 25, then left his hotel at 4.30am on Sunday morning to catch two flights then get a train and a car to Saint-Tropez in southern France.
Seggerman – who would only pull out of this week’s tournament if travel plans were disrupted – flew from Poland to Berlin and then straight on to Marseille.
From there, he got on a train then was picked up by a driver for the tournament.
And Seggerman had no time to drop off his luggage at a hotel so headed straight to the club to play his first-round qualifying match.
That led to baffling scenes of the star walking on to face Arthur Reymond with his tennis racquet bag on his back – and wheeling his suitcase behind as he headed to his chair.
Incredibly, despite defeat in the doubles final on the Saturday, the short night’s sleep and the crazy journey, Seggerman won 7-6 6-1 in just 64 minutes.
And that prompted a wave of posts on social media in awe of his epic adventure.
One joked: “Match preparation is overrated!”
Another wrote: “This is legendary.”
A third added: “Tennis life on the ITF and Challenger tour is crazy.”
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And a final user replied: “Dedicated to the grind.”
However, he retired in the second round of qualifying on Monday.
The San Diego ace was trailing 6-1 2-2 to Ivorian Eliakim Coulibaly when he was forced to quit the match with an abdominal strain.
Seggerman will be reunited with doubles partner Szymon Walkow on Tuesday as they begin their doubles main draw – hoping to go one better than in Szczecin.
The American is currently ranked 400th in the world in singles – but is at a career-high 87th in doubles.
He has earned £77,000 so far in his career.
Elsewhere, Emma Raducanu is back in action for the first time since the US Open.
She takes on Peyton Stearns in her opening match at the Korea Open after being named in Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup squad.
That comes after the men’s team were knocked out of the Davis Cup in the group stages.
Jack Draper obliterated his racquet in anger – smashing it into the court FIVE times – during his defeat to Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime on Sunday.
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