Pete Kiehart for The New York Times
PARIS — Marco Trungelliti was the feel-good story of last year’s French Open.
A last-minute spot in the main draw had become available to players who had lost in qualifying, and Trungelliti, ranked 190th at the time, claimed it after driving back to Paris from Barcelona with his mother and his 88-year-old grandmother in the back seat. When he upset Bernard Tomic in the first round, reporters clamored to hear the tale of his 650-mile journey.
Two weeks ago, Trungelliti was back in Paris. This time he was alone, physically and emotionally broken after a year of isolation and ostracization.