The Italian confidently completes his mandatory task at the French Open. Another tennis star, however, is eliminated and behaves inappropriately.
Italy’s tennis star Jannik Sinner is the first major tournament favorite to reach the round of 16 at the French Open. The 22-year-old won his third-round match on Court Philippe Chatrier against Russian Pavel Kotov 6:4, 6:4, 6:4.
For the Australian Open winner, who only returned from a hip injury shortly before the start of the tournament, it was the tenth victory in a row on the Grand Slam stage. If Sinner reaches the final, he will be the first Italian player to be number one in the tennis world, regardless of the performance of the current Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic.
Another top player, however, was eliminated on Friday – and showed his bad side, and not just in sporting terms. World number six Andrey Rublev from Russia slammed his racket to the ground several times out of frustration during his 6:7 (6:8), 2:6, 4:6 defeat to the Italian Matteo Arnaldi. He shouted at the members of his box and angrily kicked his bench three times with his left foot after losing the second set. This was met with boos from the spectators on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
“The fact that he presents himself in such a state is simply negligent,” said former tennis pro Carl-Uwe Steeb on Eurosport: “Rublev has to look at himself in the mirror and see why he lost.”
In the women’s event, Serbian Olga Danilovic managed the feat of winning her third round match against Croatian Donna Vekic 10:8 in the match tiebreak of the third set after a 0:6 defeat in the first set. She ultimately won 0:6, 7:5, 7:6 (10:8).
Source: Stern
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