The tennis world is in China this month with fans getting the chance to cheer on some of the sport’s biggest stars.

Chinese fans often give popular players nicknames, usually puns based on a Chinese transliteration of their names.

This works particularly well because the Chinese language is made up of a large number of homophonic syllables, allowing for a wide range of cheeky double entendres.

Here are some of the most popular:

– Carlos Alcaraz: ‘Duck’ –

The world number one may have modelled for Louis Vuitton and Calvin Klein, but in China Alcaraz is named for a creature not exactly known for its looks — the duck-billed platypus.

Fans think his facial features, especially his mouth, resemble that of the Australian mammal.

For short, he is known as “Duck”.

– Novak Djokovic: ‘Chicke

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