Emotionally distressed with unplayable racquet (8)
I believe the answer is:
unstrung
'emotionally distressed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unstrung that I've seen before include "(Of pearls or beads) yet to be linked together" , "Emotionally distressed" .)