Earlier than he misplaced the match, Andrey Rublev misplaced his mood.
Seeded sixth on the Paris Masters, the Russian misplaced to Francisco Cerundolo 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5) within the second spherical; a defeat that additionally severely dented his hopes to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals.
Nevertheless, throughout the two-hour tie, Rublev reduce a pissed off determine. He routinely shouted at himself, cursed and in a bout of anger, he smashed his racquet in opposition to his left knee no less than seven instances in succession. He hit himself so fiercely that it left his knee bleeding.
🇷🇺 “SHUUUUUUUT UP”
Un enfant a encouragé Rublev pendant son service face à Cerundolo.
En plus le public de Bercy est tellement proche 🤯pic.twitter.com/UcUv75TI4f
— TennisTemple (@tennistemple) October 29, 2024
The incident came about within the third recreation of the second set, when certainly one of his forehand returns didn’t cross the web.
It wasn’t the one time Rublev misplaced his cool throughout the match. Main 5-3 within the first set however down love-30 on his serve, Rublev hit one other forehand into the web. Immediately, he had one other meltdown — on this event, he turned in direction of the group behind him and screamed: “Shut up.”
Can anyone get Rublev some psychological assist? A psychological coach? Remedy? One thing?
That is getting out of hand. pic.twitter.com/mQ3uXa1ZRC
— Scott Reichel (@ReichelRadio) October 29, 2024
Later within the match — moments after he left his knee bleeding — Rublev picked up a water bottle and smashed it on the court docket.
There have been a number of incidents of the 27-year-old hitting himself on the left knee this yr — he had earlier finished it on the French Open, when he misplaced in straight units to Matteo Arnaldi within the Spherical of 32 and weeks later, when he misplaced to Francisco Comesana within the first spherical of Wimbledon.
These outcomes have left Rublev in a precarious place close to his qualification for the year-end occasion.
The Russian participant held the eighth and closing qualifying place within the race for the season-ending ATP Finals and might be overtaken by rivals this week.
