{"id":88167,"date":"2025-08-16T22:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88167\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T22:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:08:08","slug":"why-cincinnati-open-semi-finalist-terence-atmane-was-booed-off-by-his-home-crowd-at-the-french-open-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88167\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cincinnati Open semi-finalist Terence Atmane was booed off by his home crowd at the French Open this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Terence Atmane has been the outstanding storyline throughout the Cincinnati Open this year, as the most unlikely of successes that just keeps on winning.<\/p>\n<p>Coming through qualifying, the Frenchman had offered no suggestion that he had such a mesmeric run within him.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is seemingly no one who can stop him at present, with Flavio Cobolli, Joao Fonseca, Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune having all fallen by the wayside at his hands.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is Jannik Sinner, the ultimate test for any player on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n<p>And whilst fans and the media are naturally lapping up Atmane\u2019s shock performances, it\u2019s worth remembering that just a few months ago he was booed off the court at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tennis\/tournaments\/roland-garros\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">French Open<\/a> by his home crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Terence Atmane booed at the French Open<\/p>\n<p>Having been handed his second-straight main draw wild card at the French Open, there was huge excitement at the prospect of what this 23-year-old might be capable of.<\/p>\n<p>After all, despite having struggled on the ATP Tour, Atmane had recorded some supremely impressive victories over recent years.<\/p>\n<p>This anticipation was only enhanced when he was drawn against fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet, playing in what would end up being his last-ever Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>It was likely the build-up, and his subsequent underperformance, that led to such a volatile reaction from the French crowd as Atmane limped to a really poor defeat.<\/p>\n<p>The last set in particular saw him bagelled, with supporters furious at the manner in which he downed tools.<\/p>\n<p>It seems crazy that such a performance was just three months ago, given how he has stormed through the current competition at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/cincinnati-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why is Terence Atmane beating so many top players?<\/p>\n<p>Although he has been around for a little while now, it only feels like now, understandably, is Atmane gaining the coverage he deserves.<\/p>\n<p>After all, he is a truly fascinating individual, both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting a really high IQ and a love for physics, he has spoken at length about the efforts he has made to improve the mental side of his game after a bout of breaking racket after racket as a youngster.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he seems far calmer and cultured, and is seeing the results of his hard work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/the-advice-daniil-medvedev-gave-terence-atmane-at-the-net-after-their-match-at-the-2024-australian-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atmane received advice from Daniil Medvedev<\/a> after they played back in 2024, which has also surely aided in his development.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229372022-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Terence Atmane jumps\" \/>Photo by Shelley Lipton\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He is a tricky left-handed player with a fierce forehand and nothing to lose. It makes him dangerous and unpredictable, and has taken so many top players by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>It will be really interesting to see how his form translates against the very best player in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Atmane has been the outstanding storyline throughout the Cincinnati Open this year, as the most unlikely of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[37370,4039,99,428,58307],"class_list":{"0":"post-88167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-cincinnati-open","9":"tag-french-open","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-terence-atmane"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88167","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=88167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}