Italian will start his first grand slam final as the underdog but he has shown he knows how to beat No 2 seed on clayAt almost the exact time Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Arnaldi had been scheduled to take to Court Philippe-Chatrier on Friday and contest the match of their lives, they could instead be located in the bowels of the stadium, their faces a picture of total misery inside the main interview room at Roland Garros.If not for the seriousness of the situation, with Arnaldi forced to withdraw from his first grand slam semi-final due to a virus that had overwhelmed his body overnight, it would have been a comical sight. Somebody behind the scenes was not exactly of sound mind when they decided it was a good idea for Cobolli to sit next to an individual with a viral illness two days before his grand slam final. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/06/french-open-final-preview-flavio-cobolli-alexander-zverev-roland-garros