Feeling hurt and even sad due to the early defeat, Flavio Cobolli had to say goodbye to the 2026 Australian Open after losing in the first round of the Melbourne Grand Slam against Arthur Ferry, a match he couldn't comfortably play due to feeling unwell: "Everything was under control until half an hour before the match, and I even warmed up well. As soon as I stepped onto the court, I started to feel intense pain and had to go to the bathroom, but the rules didn't allow it. I tried to endure by taking many pills to try to stop the flow, but they didn't have an immediate effect.
When I finally went to the bathroom, I initially felt a little better, but then the pills kicked in, I lost a lot of fluids, and my energy plummeted. I was also a bit nervous because I didn't want things to go this way. I had prepared as best as I could for this Grand Slam, I felt good and played well. Today I felt good on the court again and obviously my opponent deserved the victory, but it would have been a different match under other conditions," Cobolli said, as reported by Ubitennis.
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