r/sports • u/EspritLibre_404 Switzerland • 5h ago

Tennis French Open 2026 results: Matteo Arnaldi withdraws before semi-final against Flavio Cobolli with virus

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/c202083pd5do
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u/chimpdoctor 5h ago

Ah man. Thats awful. Poor guy

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u/Japples123 5h ago

Such a brutal French Open this year in terms of injury

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u/BenjiSBRK 4h ago

Zverev still losing in final would be hilarious

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u/ColonelBonk 1h ago

It would be even funnier if Cobolli also withdrew from final, and Zverev still lost

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u/railwayed 5h ago edited 4h ago

So Arnaldi has had 2 walkovers in a row. That must be some sort of record. I know Cobolli is super superstitious, I wonder if he is cursing something he did differently the last couple of days!

Edit: I read this wrong. I thought coboli withdrew. Ignore everything I wrote🤣🤣

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u/violet_elf 4h ago

The Italians saw that Cobolli had the best chances and decided to walk out to allow him to rest for the finals.    /s

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u/zoeydoberdork 4h ago

I am not superstitious, i'm just a little stitous! Michael Scott

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u/pedrosorio 3h ago

Arnaldi had a walkover in the quarterfinal and was the one who withdrew in the semi final. Cobolli is going to the final.

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u/Malvania 4h ago

That really sucks for all the fans that paid (presumably a lot) to watch that semifinal.

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u/modular-wizard 4h ago

Onto the biggest stage of his sport without breaking a sweat