Upset, disappointed in himself for the behavior shown on the pitch during the third round loss against Arnaldi. Andrey Rublev expressed all his frustration over the match that ousted him from the Roland Garros main draw.
Attitudes that have not at all gone unnoticed by enthusiasts and have once again caused discussion. “I’m completely disappointed in myself for how I acted. I don’t remember ever acting worse than this in a Slam.
There’s not much to say” he declared at the press conference. “I think it’s not a question of concentration. The way I behave makes me completely collapse, and so I gave Matteo wings to fly. He played an incredible third set, it was too late to do anything” he further added, dejectedly, in front of the media.
Andrey Rublev explains the origin of his anger
Much of the conference naturally focused on the episodes involving the Russian player: “When I was lost, I could have had many opportunities to return or take the initiative, but I didn’t.
However, I stayed in the match: I lost the break for the second time in the second set and that’s when I completely lost the match.” Rublev then explained what the origin of the problem was: “It was in the first set when I was ahead, I made some really stupid mistakes and basically put him in the game.
Before the tie-break I had an option that I wasn’t able to exploit. Somehow I recovered and it seemed like I was starting to get some more opportunities. Then, out of nowhere, I collapse with myself again, I get emotional. And from that moment on it was too late, because he started playing incredibly.”
