Matteo Arnaldi heartbreakingly confirmed that he would not be able to take part in his Roland Garros semi-final against compatriot Flavio Cobolli.<\/p>\n
After Alexander Zverev confirmed his place in the final by defeating Jakub Mensik, Cobolli and Arnaldi were expected to battle it out for the final spot.<\/p>\n
With just minutes to go before the match was set to take place, Arnaldi confirmed that he would not be able to take part in his first Grand Slam semi-final.<\/p>\n
In a press conference following the announcement, Arnaldi said: \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to be here. It\u2019s not what I wanted to do. But last night I started to feel not very well.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday I was feeling okay. I came to practice and did everything I had to do. I felt fine. I had dinner. I started to feel so-so with my stomach. I was like \u2018alright, just didn\u2019t digest very well.\u2019 I woke up at 1 a.m. and started vomiting. I wasn\u2019t feeling the best. Then I tried to sleep.<\/p>\n
Andre Agassi fires surprise warning to Alexander Zverev even if he wins French Open<\/a><\/p>\n Alexander Zverev \u2018on a mission\u2019 at Roland Garros as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga shares insider knowledge<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCouldn\u2019t sleep at all. At 6, 7 a.m. I vomited again. This time it was pretty bad. We called the doctor in the room. He came and gave me some stuff.<\/p>\n \u201cI was hoping it could just be something from dinner or something like that. Throughout the day I couldn\u2019t eat. Every time I ate or drank something I would go back to the bathroom. So it\u2019s tough. It\u2019s tough. For how the tournament was, for how many hours I spent on court I was actually feeling very good.<\/p>\n \u201cTo have to withdraw from my first Slam semifinal is not something you wish for anybody. I tried to get ready and tried to stay as much as I could here.<\/p>\n \u201cTried to see if I could go on court but every time I got up I feel dizzy and I don\u2019t feel the best. I\u2019m pretty sure if I eat again I won\u2019t feel good. That was the right decision for me to take.\u201d<\/p>\n After Arnaldi\u2019s<\/a> heartbreaking news, Cobolli<\/a> will now head into his first-ever Grand Slam final. Although not the way he would have liked to reach the final, it is a massive opportunity for the Italian star.<\/p>\n As for Arnaldi, he has had a tournament to remember at Roland Garros<\/a>. The star has beaten Matteo Berrettini<\/a>, Frances Tiafoe<\/a>, and Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> in an impressive run to the final four.<\/p>\n Following his exploits in Paris, the Italian currently sits at World No. 34 in the ATP Tour<\/a> rankings. For a player who has struggled with a foot injury recently, that\u2019s very impressive indeed.<\/p>\n The post Matteo Arnaldi shares heartbreaking statement after last-minute Roland Garros withdrawal<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matteo Arnaldi heartbreakingly confirmed that he would not be able to take part in his Roland Garros semi-final against compatriot Flavio Cobolli. After Alexander Zverev confirmed his place in the final by defeating Jakub Mensik, Cobolli and Arnaldi were expected to battle it out for the final spot. With just minutes to go before the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}