Tiktuknu: clip summarizing today's events in sports, 8.2 (Sport1)
A mental breakdown - from a sporting point of course - of the tennis player Alexander Boblik, became the reason for a small party in the Ukrainian media.
It all started last night (Wednesday), when the tennis player ranked 50th in the world lost to Gregoire Barrer in the first round of the Montpellier tournament - which he won last year.
Boblik, ranked sixth in the tournament, lost to the Frenchman (75th in the world) 6:4 in the first set and won 6:7 in the second after a long tiebreaker that ended at 12:14.
The third set also dragged to a tiebreaker and that's where Boblik's crash began.
The 25-year-old tennis player made mistake after mistake, fell behind 6:0 and broke three rackets on the court one after the other within 25 seconds.
The spectators were amazed, the referee reprimanded, Boblik managed to get three consecutive points and finally lost in the tiebreaker 7:3 and was eliminated.
"Simply psycho!", cheered the Ukrainian media after the horror show of Boblik, who recorded 14 double faults in the service strokes, "How do you break three rackets in 25 seconds? This is an example of the typical behavior of the aggressive Russians."
14 double faults in one game.
Boblik (Photo: Reuters)
Boblik has indeed represented Kazakhstan since 2016, but he was born and raised in Russia and that is enough for Ukrainians to recognize him in moments like this with his homeland.
The tennis player who was ranked 30th in the world at his peak recorded his ninth loss in a row in Montpellier and he has not won a match since October 2022.
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