ZHUHAI, China – Donna Vekic was at an Italian restaurant in Wuhan, dining with her team after a defeat to an inspired Ons Jabeur, when she called the waiter over with an idea.

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“They had pizza on the menu, so I asked if they could make a Nutella pizza for dessert,” the US Open quarterfinalist explained to a rapt audience at the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai.  “He didn’t know what it was, so I googled a picture of it and said, ‘You have it at breakfast.’ He ended up going downstairs to the breakfast restaurant and brought a whole new jar of Nutella.

“All of the waiters and chefs came over to look at it when it arrived. They started putting powdered sugar on it but I thought it was parmesan cheese, so I yelled, ‘NOOOO!’ and everyone jumped back because they were shocked.

“It was a fight, but my god, it was good.”