Viral Moment: Bleary-eyed Aryna Sabalenka makes huge blunder on live TV... after wildly celebrating her US Open success

Tennis superstar Aryna Sabalenka made a rare unforced error Monday, after joining Carlos Alcaraz to show off their US Open trophies on live TV.

The newly-crowned champions made the traditional stop off on breakfast television in the United States to discuss their triumphs at the Grand Slam. Still, Sabalenka inadvertently created a viral moment on the show.

After being quizzed about her fondness for recording TikTok dances with her support team, she explained: 'I am terrible at dancing, but I am trying my best, I always pick the easiest move, just so I look okay.

‘You don’t know how long it takes me to do these easy moves, you have to see the first try, it is a disaster.’

Sabalenka then pointed at Alcaraz alongside her and added: ‘By the way, I had a TikTok to do with Jan… er Jan.’

Realizing she had begun to say Jannik - the first name of men's world No 1 and Alcaraz's US Open final rival Sinner - Sabalenka placed her hand on Alcaraz’s shoulder as the presenters in unison said ‘ohhh, woah, woah, woah’.

Alcaraz then motioned to leave his seat while carrying his trophy, prompting an embarrassed Sabalenka to put her hand over her mouth and then say, ‘Carlos, ma,n I’m sory’.

‘Oka,y never mind,’ Sabalenka continued, while one presenter stated, We can fix that later. ’

The mistake quickly went viral on social media, and fans took to the comments section to share their thoughts, with one writing: 'He tried to leave so fast!'

Another added: 'Can't believe he missed the opportunity to call her Iga lmao,' referencing Sabalenka's biggest rival, Al Swiatek.

On the show, Alcaraz brushed the mistake off, insisting, ‘It is nine in the morning, don’t worry,’ with a still laughing Sabalenka adding, This is the worst failure I have ever had in my life.'

The tennis stars both saw the funny side of the incident, with Alcaraz saying ‘I didn’t hear anything’ and Sabalenka jokingly asking ‘can we cut this?’.

The two champions were then presented with glasses of champagne by the show, with Sabalenka making a pointed effort to say ‘Cheer, Carlos Alcaraz.

The TikTok video mentioned by Sabalenka was later shared by the Belarusian star, who highlighted how she and Alcaraz share the same birthday.

'Birthday twin and @usopen trophy twin, May 5th must be an auspicious birthday to have…' Sabalenka wrote.

The playful video featured the viral TikTok song 'Twin Where Have You Been', with the pair mouthing the words.

Sabalenka and Alcaraz were then seen dancing while holding their US Open trophies.

While Sabalenka is a regular on TikTok, Alcaraz expressed his confusion later on when replying with the message 'I still don’t know what I did' when she shared the video on social media.

Sabalenka was also quizzed on the Today show about how she had bounced back from heartbreaking defeats in the latter stages of Grand Slam tournaments this season.