Akira Santillan, trenutno je 215. teniški lopar sveta, ki nastopa za Avstralijo, bo od zdaj naprej javnosti poznan po svojem "nastopu" po porazu v kvalifikacijah Wimbledona.

V drugem krogu kvalifikacij za nastop v glavnem žrebu Wimbledona je Avstralec z japonskimi koreninami Akira Santillan izgubil proti Belgijcu Rubenu Bemelmansu z 12:10 v tretjem nizu, to pa ga je tako potrlo, da je izven igrišča polomil vse loparje v torbi. 

22-letni teniški igralec je še pred tem dejal, da je najbolje, če zaključi s svojo teniško kariero. 

Absolutely gutted Akira Santillan…World No. 205 loses in 2nd Round of Wimbledon qualifying 12-10 in 3rd set…Has massive meltdown destroying all of his racquets…Walked off court saying he should retire…Feel for the guy #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/3YY6kS9f31

— John Horn (@SportsHorn) June 26, 2019

After losing to Ruben Bemelmans 12-10 in the third, Akira Santillan walked to a secluded spot on the Roehampton field, took out all five of his rackets one by one, and destroyed all of them.

He left with a trail of destruction in his wake. pic.twitter.com/na6L2FkcXo

— Ricky Dimon (@Dimonator) June 26, 2019