Tennis star Lauren Davis is stung on her butt by wasp... and accidentally recreates THAT poster
This is not a recreation of Martin Elliott's iconic tennis poster from 1976 - but something altogether more painful.
When U.S tennis star 19-year-old Lauren Davis lost her third-round match at the Sony Open, it was not just the defeat that stung.
During the gruelling defeat by world No 36 Alize Coet under the Florida sun, the Ohio native was stung by a wasp on her backside.
Wasp attack: Lauren Davis was stung on the backside while playing Alize Coet (or should that be hoet?)
She was in obvious pain and battled on to lose 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 but she refused to blame her defeat on the wasp's sting.
Temperatures on court soared to well over 32C and both Davis and Coet were left so physically exhausted by such a long match in the humidity that both players left the court in wheelchairs.
The pictures of Davis resembled the iconic poster taken by photographer Elliott of his girlfriend at the time, 18-year-old Fiona Butler.
The image was first sold in poster shop Athena in the 1970s and went on to sell two million copies worldwide, eaing Mr Elliott an estimated £250,000 in royalties.
Iconic: The image shot by Martin Elliot (left) has been recreated before - unintentionally by Maria Sharapova
Old times: Fiona Walker, at 53, poses with a picture of herself as the 18-year-old 'Athena tennis poster girl'
Davis, who trains at the Evert Academy in Boca Raton, is ranked No. 81. Her highest singles rating is 72, which she achieved in February this year.
Laura Robson passed up the chance to become British No 1 on Friday night, beaten in three sets in the second round defeat by Coet.
The 19-year-old started well but eventually lost out in a match which lasted two hours 36 minutes - but which was stretched over seven hours due to rain delays and power cuts in Miami.
She was eventually beaten by the Frenchwoman, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.
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