Corentin Moutet’s Controversial Victory at the Santiago Open

Corentin Moutet scored again, this time, at the Santiago Open in Chile, where he defeated local Nicolás Jarry in the quarterfinals and grated the nerves of everyone present with his attitude on the court. The Frenchman won with a double 7-6 and will now have to deal with another Chilean like Alejandro Tabilo in the semifinals of the ATP 250.

The number 140 tennis player in the ranking, who had attracted attention at the Argentina Open for drinking cola in the middle of a match, defiantly began his duel against Jarry (22nd in the world ranking). With the serve in his favor, he shot from below and won an ace for what was the first point of the match, which generated the quick rejection of all those present who were encouraging the trans-Andean.

But the story did not stop there, because the whistle persisted almost before each of his services and extended before each point scored by the Frenchman, who had just eliminated the Argentine Thiago Tirante in the second round and the Spanish Roberto Carballés Baena in the first round ( Jarry, seeded, had only dispatched the Argentine Federico Coria in the previous phase).

At the end, at the point that defined the match in a tie break, Moutet threw his racket in the dust, crouched down a little and let out a wild shout with a defiant look in front of the stands. He clenched his fists and let out one more scream, before rescuing his element and heading towards the net to shake hands with his opponent, who took the opportunity to get even and point out his controversial attitude in front of the hundreds of people who watched the action. live.

Completely ignoring Jarry’s instructions, he turned around, raised his arms and saluted, waving his hands to all four sides, savoring the widespread rejection and booing that fell from the stands. She immediately brought the palms of her hands to her chest and pretended to offer something to each side, before placing one of her hands again at the level of her heart and saluting high with the other. The show continued: she put her palms together in the typical gesture of prayer or forgiveness and bowed to those present. Immediately afterwards, she shook her fist in the air again and shouted to once again celebrate her qualification to the semifinals.

At the time of being interviewed by the official broadcast, Moutet almost took the microphone out of the designated journalist’s hands and tried to dialogue with the public without success. “Please, one minute please,” he asked them over and over again, while the whistle persisted and the Chilean fans did everything possible so that his words could not be heard clearly. Only after long seconds was he able to express himself.

“Jarry called me ‘pathetic’ and I don’t know why, I behaved. There were many people against me booing and making noise when I served. So I guess I didn’t do anything ‘pathetic’. I think I survived well, I played well,” he declared afterwards.

Moutet, who had just lost in the first round of the ATP 500 in Rio, where he entered through qualifying, will face the other Chilean seed today, Alejandro Tabilo (51st). In the other semi, the Argentine Sebastián Báez (21st) and the Spanish Pedro Martínez (101st) will perform.

2024-03-02 14:04:00
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