{"id":60659,"date":"2025-08-05T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60659\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:30:12","slug":"rennae-stubbs-says-what-drives-her-nuts-about-tennis-after-ben-sheltons-heated-exchange-with-flavio-cobolli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60659\/","title":{"rendered":"Rennae Stubbs says what drives her &#8216;nuts&#8217; about tennis after Ben Shelton&#8217;s heated exchange with Flavio Cobolli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli\u2019s altercation after their match has been a huge talking point at the Canadian Open this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/ben-shelton-reveals-what-flavio-cobolli-said-to-him-during-tense-exchange-after-their-match-at-the-canadian-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shelton and Cobolli were both very heated<\/a> after the match that was decided via a third set tie-break.<\/p>\n<p>This disagreement has gained a lot of attention, with former player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/mardy-fish-gives-his-opinion-on-ben-sheltons-behaviour-on-court-during-his-win-over-flavio-cobolli-in-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mardy Fish giving his verdict on Shelton\u2019s behaviour<\/a> in particular.<\/p>\n<p>While a lot of the attention has been on what was actually said during the conversation between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/ben-shelton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shelton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/flavio-cobolli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cobolli<\/a>, former doubles world number one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/rennae-stubbs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rennae Stubbs\u2019<\/a> frustrations lie elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227761080-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Shelton of the United States and Flavio Cobolli of Italy discuss an aspect of the match after their game in the round of 16 on Centre Court at the National Bank Open at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto.\" class=\"wp-image-117460\" \/>Steve Russell\/Toronto Star via Getty ImagesRennae Stubbs left frustrated by lack of coverage of Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli exchange<\/p>\n<p>Stubbs, like many others, has been trying to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/canadian-open-tournament-director-says-if-she-will-make-changes-after-backlash-this-year-was-clearly-not-ideal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Open, which has come under fire for numerous different reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the six-time Grand Slam champion has picked out another thing that annoys her about tennis, revealing that she actually could not watch the exchange between Shelton and Cobolli due to the TV coverage showing the crowd instead.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), \u201cAlso while I\u2019m here for a second can I PLEASE BEG every producer working in tennis to STOP SHOWING THE BLOODY CROWD every single point! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike we missed the little exchange and didn\u2019t have a replay last night of what Cobolli did, because we had a crowd shot AGAIN! Drives me nuts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Also while I\u2019m here for a second can i PLEASE BEG every producer working in tennis to STOP SHOWING THE BLOODY CROWD every single point! Like we missed the little exchange and didn\u2019t have a replay last night of what Cobolli did, because we had a crowd shot AGAIN! drives me nuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rennae Stubbs \u2648\ufe0f (@rennaestubbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rennaestubbs\/status\/1952398485099086028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 4, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Stubbs was not done there, and followed up with an additional social media post to continue her rant about TV cameras panning away from handshakes.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cAnd also, don\u2019t take the camera off the players after match point! I want to see them and their handshake. Don\u2019t show me their player box and the crowd! Please I beg u!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And also, don\u2019t take the camera off the players after match point! I want to see them and their handshake. Dont show me their player box and the crowd! Please i beg u!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rennae Stubbs \u2648\ufe0f (@rennaestubbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rennaestubbs\/status\/1952399254921658556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 4, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Rennae Stubbs says what Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli should have done differently<\/p>\n<p>While she was unable to watch the whole exchange at the time, due to its virality on social media and beyond, Stubbs was able to review the whole situation between Shelton and Cobolli.<\/p>\n<p>Despite understanding that it was all in the heat of the moment, Stubbs claimed that Shelton and Cobolli should have actually taken the conversation away from the cameras and into the locker room instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re friends and Ben and Flavio should have taken that conversation off the court, but in the heat of the moment after three hrs and it being such a good match I can understand,\u201d explained Stubbs. \u201cThey\u2019ll move on and so should we. Well played guys! Roll it back at the [US Open] please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They\u2019re friends &amp; Ben &amp; Flavio should have taken that conversation off the court, but in the heat of the moment after 3 hrs &amp; it being such a good match i can understand. They\u2019ll move on &amp; so should we. Well played guys! Roll it back at the please <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usopen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@usopen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenShelton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@BenShelton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cobollifla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@cobollifla<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rennae Stubbs \u2648\ufe0f (@rennaestubbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rennaestubbs\/status\/1952392903982043618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 4, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>After the match in his press conference, Shelton revealed that he had actually spoken to Cobolli in the locker room and they had been able to clear things up.<\/p>\n<p>The next time they could go head-to-head is at the Cincinnati Open, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/what-has-happened-in-tennis-for-the-first-time-in-over-20-years-at-the-canadian-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Shelton still has his Canadian Open quarterfinal to play<\/a> against Alex de Minaur.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli\u2019s altercation after their match has been a huge talking point at the Canadian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,431,28389,22623,10844,99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-60659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-ben-shelton","10":"tag-canadian-open","11":"tag-flavio-cobolli","12":"tag-rennae-stubbs","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}