{"id":82451,"date":"2025-08-20T00:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/82451\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T00:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:50:07","slug":"tennis-star-with-einstein-iq-gets-gift-from-us-open-before-withdrawing-tennis-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/82451\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis star with Einstein IQ gets gift from US Open before withdrawing – Tennis – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis sensation Terence Atmane, who boasts a staggering IQ of 158 (just two points short of the \u201cEinstein standard\u201d), was riding high after a breakthrough run at the Cincinnati Open, where he summed up the reailty of playing against Jannik Sinner with a comical comparison.<\/a><\/p>\n

Amid his momentum, the US Open<\/a> arrived, alongside a custom \u201cPok\u00e9mon\u2011style\u201d trading card \u2014 but an injury sadly derailed his Grand Slam plans.<\/p>\n

On Instagram<\/a>, he showed off the whimsical design of the card, with two special abilities written: \u201cCourt Beast \u2013 Ace Strike: Instantly deals 140 damage if opponent is higher rank,\u201d and \u201cVolley Vortex \u2013 Risky net attack with high reward if timed right.\u201d It comes after he gave a similar gift to Sinner before their match.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Atmane later posted a more sobering update on social media. \u201cAfter a foot MRI yesterday in NY we detected an intermediate grade partial tearing of the first MTP joint [a] Grade 2 muscle injury involving the medial head of the flexor hallucis brevis. Low\u2011grade partial tearing of the medial sesamoidal phalangeal ligament,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWhich in other terms won\u2019t make me able to play the US Open\u2026 I do feel sad about it because with the last result I want to push for more, but trying to be smart and get myself ready for Asia was the best decision for my team and I.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atmane\u2019s sudden US Open exit added a bittersweet note to what had been a meteoric rise.<\/p>\n

A qualifier ranked No. 136 in the PIF ATP Rankings, he\u2019d stunned the tennis world by crushing top-10 opponents like Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune to reach his first Masters 1000 semifinal. His Cincinnati run vaulted him 67 places to a career-high No. 69.<\/p>\n

DON’T MISS<\/p>\n

The Pok\u00e9mon card reveal earlier perfectly captured Atmane\u2019s spirit: both cerebral and unexpected. A collector himself, said to have one of France\u2019s largest Pok\u00e9mon collections, he gifted Sinner a Pikachu card in Cincinnati\u2019s tunnel.<\/p>\n

Now, sidelined by a foot injury, Atmane will miss the US Open but is targeting a comeback in Asia, particularly in the upcoming Chengdu event. His decision to step back may be frustrating, but his outlook remains forward-looking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis sensation Terence Atmane, who boasts a staggering IQ of 158 (just two points short of the \u201cEinstein…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,21173,49484,82,593,1706,43984,2084],"class_list":{"0":"post-82451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-foot-injury","11":"tag-poku00e9mon-card","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-tennis-section","15":"tag-terence-atmane","16":"tag-us-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}