Rennae Stubbs says what drives her 'nuts' about tennis after Ben Shelton's heated exchange with Flavio Cobolli

Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli’s altercation after their match has been a huge talking point at the Canadian Open this year.

Shelton and Cobolli were both very heated after the match that was decided via a third set tie-break.

This disagreement has gained a lot of attention, with former player Mardy Fish giving his verdict on Shelton’s behaviour in particular.

While a lot of the attention has been on what was actually said during the conversation between Shelton and Cobolli, former doubles world number one Rennae Stubbs’ frustrations lie elsewhere.

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Rennae Stubbs left frustrated by lack of coverage of Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli exchange

Stubbs, like many others, has been trying to watch the Canadian Open, which has come under fire for numerous different reasons.

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.

She wrote in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), “Also while I’m 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’t have a replay last night of what Cobolli did, because we had a crowd shot AGAIN! Drives me nuts.”

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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.

She said, “And also, don’t take the camera off the players after match point! I want to see them and their handshake. Don’t show me their player box and the crowd! Please I beg u!”

Rennae Stubbs says what Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli should have done differently

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.

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.

“They’re 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,” explained Stubbs. “They’ll move on and so should we. Well played guys! Roll it back at the [US Open] please.”

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.

The next time they could go head-to-head is at the Cincinnati Open, but Ben Shelton still has his Canadian Open quarterfinal to play against Alex de Minaur.

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