“That’s already a small death”: beaten in Shanghai, Mannarino describes what it costs to keep up at 38
Beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Karen Khachanov in the Shanghai third round, three days after knocking out world No. 7 Flavio Cobolli, Adrian Mannarino told L’Équipe that accepting he will never again be as fast or as durable is “a small death in itself” – and dismissed the advice to train…
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Adrian Mannarino’s Shanghai run ended on Sunday in the third round, Karen Khachanov beating the Frenchman 6-2, 6-4 . It was the first straightforward defeat of a week in which the 38-year-old had beaten the world No. 7.
Mannarino had arrived at the Rolex Shanghai Masters ranked No. 83, having entered the main draw directly as one of the last accepted players. He came through Nikoloz Basilashvili in the opening round, leading 6-3, 2-2 when the Georgian retired with a left knee problem, and then produced the result of his autumn: a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win in 2 hours and 26 minutes over Flavio Cobolli…
