With great tension and fear, the tennis world watched Andrei Rublev’s performance at the French Open on Friday. The Russian tennis player showed a series of angry scenes on the verge of a mental breakdown in a duel with the Italian Matteo Arnaldi and destroyed his own hopes of success in the Roland Garros Grand Slam.
Andrey Rublyov is known for his outbursts, he often has significant problems with his psyche on the court, but this time his condition exceeded all standards after all.
In the duel of the third round of the Paris Grand Slam, the Russian tennis player completely lost control over his behavior and thereby gave his opponent a win and a career advancement.
During the match, Rublyov regularly got angry, brutally beat himself with the racket, destroyed several of them, kicked the bench and argued with the referee, while with his hand on her back he tried to force her to recheck the traces of the ball, even though the referee had already decided long ago.
“Careful, Rublev,” Eurosport commentator Barry Millns warned the Russian tennis player at that moment. His colleague Arvind Parmar added: “She’s not going to change her mind, there’s no way to convince her. I think Rublev is really overdoing it now.”
In a performance that was difficult to watch, the world number six narrowly escaped disqualification.
“This is a very public way to go completely crazy,” Millns said after another outburst of emotion. “One has to worry about him. He is obviously not able to control it,” added Parmar.
Former British tennis player Tim Henman then described the Russian’s behavior as “self-destruction” in the role of Eurosport expert
“He really destroyed himself. You can get angry, but then you have to react and say, ‘Okay, I’ve let my frustration out, now I have to start playing tennis. But it didn’t happen to him,'” Henman said.
Rublev’s “madness” surprised even the famous stormtrooper John McEnroe.
“It’s totally out of his hands. I know a thing or two about fooling around on the court, but you have to know when it’s time to back off,” he said.
I feel like now and then I’ll think Andrey Rublev has managed to get help for his self-destructive mentality and then one bad day comes along and it’s back to square one.
Really hope he gets the help he requires for his long-term wellbeing. pic.twitter.com/8RoRUMo25X
— Scott Barclay (@BarclayCard18) May 31, 2024
The favorite of the match eventually lost to the 35th player in the world in three sets 6:7, 2:6, 4:6. And after the duel, he blamed no one but himself for the defeat.
“I’m completely disappointed with myself and the way I behaved and the way I played. I don’t remember ever behaving worse,” the 26-year-old winner of the recent tournament in Madrid poured ashes on his head.
The pressure that he has been experiencing in Grand Slam tournaments for many years again fell heavily on Rubljov.
A permanent member of the world’s elite ten, he has already reached the quarter-finals ten times at the big four tournaments, but never once has he progressed to the next stage, and thus has an unenviable record of 0:10.
He arrived this year with more confidence than ever before, but once again the Grand Slam did not settle in his head. He will not look at the semi-finals even after his twenty-sixth start.
“It wasn’t about concentration. I reached rock bottom with my behavior, on the contrary, I gave Matteo wings. And he flew unbelievably in the third set. After that, it was too late to do anything about it,” Rubljov said sadly.
He admitted that he had a breakdown. “I collapsed inside. I was completely lost in negative emotions,” he added.
2024-06-01 05:26:49
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