Andrey Rublev exits the French Open in fury, smashing his racquet into this knee several times and arguing with the umpire.
Andrey Rublev lost his cool in spectacular fashion to become the highest-profile men's player to exit the French Open .Australians Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis are set to take to the court again later on Saturday and early on Sunday.
It got worse when he then dropped serve and furiously smashed his racquet into the clay, ranted towards his players' box and, at the subsequent changeover, left a dent in the courtside bench by booting it. World number two Sinner looks as if he will take some beating after a ruthless take-down of Russian Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
"I was waiting until after the match to feel that I have a birthday because I knew that I need to focus on my work because if I would lose, it would be a total disaster," Swiatek said."For sure playing on your birthday, it's not so comfortable because it's eight o'clock and I have four hours left to celebrate. But that's the work that we have to do — we can't complain.
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