Abused racket, bloody knee… The big breakdown of Tennis player Andrey Rublev

This is a customary fact. Accustomed to bloodshed, Andrey Rublev stood out again, Tuesday October 29, when he entered the running at the Masters 1000 at Paris-Bercy. And not for his performances on the court. Furious with his level of play against the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, who won in two sets (7-6 [6]7-6 [5]), the Russian tennis player totally fell for it. After a lost point in the heart of the second set, he hit his knee several times, with the help of his racket. He didn't pull any punches, as he ended up in blood. The 7th player in the world also attacked his bottles, throwing them angrily, as shown in the video visible at the top of this article.

It's stressful.

Andrey Rublev

After the end of the match, Rublev returned to this breakdown. He blamed his attitude on his stress for qualifying for the ATP Finals, the end-of-season tournament bringing together the eight best players of the year. Currently 8th in the “Race” ranking, he is currently in an ejection seat, at the mercy of his pursuer Alex de Minaur, who is less than 200 ATP points behind.

“It's stressful. Yes, it's stressful because normally I don't look at the rankings at all. But for the last two weeks I've been checking the Race rankings every day, the difference with the points. I'm checking the tournaments of other players I check the draw. It's crazy.explained the main interested party at a press conference, in comments reported by the specialized site Tennis Temple. “It's not an enviable position, but it's also part of the sport. You have to learn to deal with it and do it in a healthy way.”he added.

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This is not the first time that the Russian player has failed to control his emotions on court. Last March, he was disqualified from the Dubai tournament after attacking a linesman.