Cypriot tennis ace Marcos Baghdatis suffered an emotional meltdown as he retired hurt in the first round of the French Open on Monday.

Playing against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, Baghdatis was leading 6-3 4-3 when he pulled the plug over his campaign at the event.

A visibly upset Baghdatis then let out his emotions by breaking down as he also smashed his racket while waiting for the physiotherapist to arrive.

Bad scenes for Baghdatis, who seems to have picked up some kind of injury while leading by a set and a break.

Crying in his chair & breaks a racket as he awaits the physio.

— Victoria Chiesa (@vrcsports) May 28, 2018

A medical time-out couldn’t help him recover as he retired after losing the first two points on his serve in the eighth game of the second set.

This was the 23^rd time Baghdatis, the 2005 Australian Open finalist, has retired during a match, second to only Tommy Haas (24).

This was only his first retirement in the Parisian Slam though.

Retirement #23 for Baghdatis, 5th in a Slam, first at Roland Garros. Marcos ties Mathieu as the second most career retirements since the Open Era

— enrico maria riva (@enricomariariva) May 28, 2018

As for Giraldo, he is scheduled to square off against 13^th seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in the second round on Wednesday.

:((((( pic.twitter.com/CV7yR4mBAU

— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) May 28, 2018