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Adrian Mad Mannarino was the protagonist of a second of insanity throughout the United Cup match towards Lorenzo Sonego. A problem that will have considerably influenced the confrontation between Italy and France. The Frenchman, on the finish of a misplaced level, was unable to include the anger inside him: the cameras framed him whereas he hit his brow with rackets till he bled.
A nasty blow for the 35-year-old, who suffered a noticeable lower and was instantly handled to forestall extra blood from leaking.
There are actually a number of tennis gamers who, in essentially the most sophisticated circumstances to handle on a psychological degree throughout a match, resort to inflicting bodily harm on themselves.
The obvious instance is Andrey Rublev, now additionally identified for his rackets on the knees. Mannarino dropped at thoughts the episode through which Mikhail Youzhny (now coach) was the protagonist in his profession, hitting himself proper within the brow with the racket.
The scene stunned followers fairly a bit and was reposted on social media by Tennis TV and the by The Tennis Letter X account. Right here is the video of what occurred:
Adrian Mannarino hit himself within the head together with his racquet & drew blood.
Brings again flashbacks of Mikhail Youzhny.
Painful to observe.
pic.twitter.com/qUjt2LZIjK — The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 3, 2024
France beats Italy within the United Cup
Regardless of the lower, the world quantity 22 confirmed a strong and optimistic efficiency towards the participant from Italy and deserved the victory with a double 6-4.
His success on Wednesday 3 January in Sydney allowed his teammate Caroline Garcia to shut the rating within the subsequent match towards Jasmine Paolini and definitively qualify France for the quarter-finals of the United Cup. Mannarino will now discover himself dealing with an much more tough opponent in Casper Ruud, because the Franch tennis workforce will problem Norway to achieve the semi-final of the competitors.
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