Rome, 30 Oct. (LaPresse) – “Vienna, I’m sorry to have to leave like this. I love this tournament and I’d really been looking forward to playing Matteo with all of you in the stands. I felt something during my match the other evening, but I wanted to give it a go. Today I realised I couldn’t carry on without pushing myself too hard, so I had to stop.” So said Flavio Cobolli, forced to withdraw during his derby match against Berrettini in the round of 16 at the ‘Erste Bank Open’ in Vienna, who left the court in tears, raising fears of the worst ahead of the ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup Final Eight in Bologna. “Those tears weren’t because of the pain. Just emotion, perhaps a bit of stress, and the disappointment of having to leave the court when all I wanted was to stay there,” the Roman tennis player reassured fans in a post published late yesterday evening. “I’ll have more tests tomorrow and I’ll update you as soon as I can. Don’t worry, I hope to be back on court in Paris! Thank you for all your love,” he concluded.
Tennis: Cobolli reassures: ‘Tears of disappointment, not of pain’
Rome, 30 Oct. (LaPresse) – “Vienna, I’m sorry to have to leave like this. I love this tournament and I’d really been looking forward to playing Matteo with all of you in the stands. I felt something during my match the other evening, but I wanted to give it a go. Today I realised I couldn’t carry on without pushing myself too hard, so I had to stop.” So said Flavio Cobolli, forced to withdraw during his derby match against Berrettini in the round of 16 at the ‘Erste Bank Open’ in Vienna, who left the court in tears, raising fears of the worst ahead of the ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup Final Eight in Bologna. “Those tears weren’t because of the pain. Just emotion, perhaps a bit of stress, and the disappointment of having to leave the court when all I wanted was to stay there,” the Roman tennis player reassured fans in a post published late yesterday evening. “I’ll have more tests tomorrow and I’ll update you as soon as I can. Don’t worry, I hope to be back on court in Paris! Thank you for all your love,” he concluded.