Italian tennis player Matteo Arnaldi defeated Russian Andrey Rublev in a dramatic match at the French Open. Rublev, who initially led the match, lost his composure after being broken by Arnaldi. He smashed his racket on the clay and screamed at his team, drawing cheers from the crowd. Rublev admitted post-match that he had never behaved so badly at a Grand Slam and acknowledged tanking the end of the second set. This loss marks Rublev's exit from the French Open tournament.
Tennis can often feel like it's designed to drive the players crazy. Poor Andrey Rublev was the victim again today, and said afterwards that he'd never behaved so badly at a slam and that he tanked the end of the 2nd set. Story with @jameskhansen ⬇️ https://t.co/whfYIOrNer
Andrey Rublev smashed his racquet after being knocked out of #RolandGarros 😤 https://t.co/UAIDqhObKF
Russian hot-head Andrey Rublev lost his cool spectacularly as he crashed out of the French Open https://t.co/PoF4DNL5UQ
So much for Zen Master Rublev Just got broken by Arnaldi and smashed his racket on the clay and screamed at length toward his team. Now bouncing his racket on the clay between Arnaldi serves with the crowd cheering with each bounce Tennis. Will drive you mad
From a break down… Arnaldi is now up a set a break on Rublev…