It was whispered very loudly behind the scenes at Roland-Garros that after the opening defeat of Arthur Fils against Matteo Arnaldi (3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6), Sergi Bruguera had left the stadium without a word, packing up to go straight home. No one was surprised by the formalization on Friday of his departure, announced on Instagram by the 19-year-old player. Something seemed not to work in the structure put in place around the number 1 hope of French tennis since the end of last year, while the results had been very good for his first year on the circuit in 2021 with his coach Laurent Raymond.
