Italy and AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini’s professional tennis debut ended in a doubles defeat at the Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan.

Maldini partnered with his coach Stefano Landonio and lost 6-1 6-1 to Poland’s Tomasz Bednarek and Dutchman David Pel. Maldini and his partner earned their spot in the tournament after winning a qualifier with Landonio.

As written by BBC.com, “The Milan event is part of the Challenger Tour, one tier below the top-level ATP World Tour. Landonio, 46, was once ranked 975th in the world, and has coached Maldini since he retired from football.”

Er... Not much to say here, it suck for him and as a football fan, it alway sad to see a ancient great player not suceeding as well as he desired in a latter ocupation. Heres hoping he keep at it and manage to get back stronger. ;)

Never had the chance to see him play :( But. it's good to see he's still keeping himself active and checking off things from his bucket list :) He's 49 so it's kind of understandable that he won't be that good, plus all the skill that's required to play tennis. And it's good for all of us that he chose to become a footballer when he was younger :)