New Delhi, June 6 -- Matteo Arnaldi's dream run at Roland Garros ended on Friday when the Italian withdrew from his semi-final against fellow Italian Flavio Cobolli due to a viral illness. The No. 34 player pulled out hours before the match on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Cobolli will now face Alexander Zverev in Sunday's final.

Matteo Arnaldi spoke candidly in a press conference alongside Flavio Cobolli. He explained that he felt fine during practice and dinner on Thursday but woke up violently ill in the middle of the night.

"It's difficult to be here. It's not what I wanted to do, but last night I started to feel not very well," Arnaldi said. "Yesterday I was feeling okay. I came here to practice. I did everything I had to do, and I was ...