Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech retired in the second round of Roland-Garros on Thursday against Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry after injuring his left foot while punching a courtside advertising board in annoyance.
Arthur Rinderknech’s adventure at Roland Garros ended in the second round in strange circumstances on Thursday. The Frenchman retired in the fourth set of his match against Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (seeded n°28) due to an injury to his left foot. He caused it himself by punching in annoyance a concrete advertising panel bordering court no. 7.
“I hope I didn’t break my toe.”
After winning the first two sets (6-3, 7-6), the 28-year-old lost the third (6-1) and found himself still struggling in the fourth, trailing 2-0 when he hit the wall after sending a backhand into the net. After this blow, he then held his toe. He called for the doctor moments later, then threw in the towel while trailing 5-0.
“I just messed up,” he said after the meeting in comments reported by L’Equipe. “I shot into the wall, a little annoyance, at 2-0, when I got broken in the fourth. I hope I didn’t fracture my toe. Afterwards, I couldn’t do it anymore. to put one’s foot on the ground.”
The Frenchman’s road to Roland-Garros therefore ends at the same stage as in 2023 where he lost to the American Taylor Fritz in a boiling Central who had booed the American copiously. The latter finally invited the French public to be silent during his post-match interview.
