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Telegraph
12 hours ago
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- Telegraph
Tennis player calls umpire a ‘f---ing t---' at Queen's
French tennis maverick Corentin Moutet shocked the well-heeled fans at Queen's Club with a furious meltdown as he lost his second-round match against Britain's Jacob Fearnley. Moutet appeared to swear at chair umpire Adel Nour as part of an extended rant towards the end of his 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 defeat. The world No 89 is renowned for being one of the spicier characters on the circuit, as well as a creative genius with a wide range of drop shots and ingenious tricks at his disposal. He was unhappy with Nour during the final changeover of the match. He had just been docked a first serve for a second time violation, which followed an earlier warning for ball abuse when he smacked a ball clean out of the stadium. Marching up to the chair at 2-5 in the deciding set, Moutet told Nour: 'Saying time violations, it is your only job. I am talking to you because I have three balls in my hand. Then you give me a time violation and you say, 'Don't talk to me'. What is wrong with you? With your Rolex.' He then appeared to call the umpire a f---ing t---, half under his breath, before returning to his seat and carrying on with: 'I am running every day for three hours and you are telling me what I have to do. It's crazy. This guy's crazy! Killing me every day.' When it comes to run-ins with players and officials, Moutet is a repeat offender. He was defaulted from a match in Adelaide in 2022 for saying 'f--- you' to an umpire, and lost his funding from the French Tennis Federation after another incident in the same season in which he and his opponent Adrian Andreev started pushing each other on the court. @ 🎥 Twitter/Imad__26 🎾 Corentin Moutet and Adrian Andreev almost had a fight. #tennis #tennislegend #tennistiktok #tennisvideo #tennisplayer #tennisfun #tennislife #tennismatch #tennistournament #tennisfans #corentinmoutet #moutet ♬ Then, in Arizona in March, the chair umpire had to separate Moutet from another opponent – this time Alexander Bublik – after they argued about whether Moutet was ready to receive serve or not. In the middle of that imbroglio, Bublik asked: 'You want to fight?' @justballtennis What happened here? Things getting really spicy between Bublik and Moutet! 👀 ( 📷: @gabrielbuck_art) #tennis #tennisplayers #tennispro #bublik #moutet #angrytennis #fight #tennismatch #rivalry #tennisfans ♬ original sound - JustBall Tennis The BBC, which is running live coverage of Queen's, did not feel the need to apologise for Moutet's swear words on Thursday, perhaps because it was not projected with quite the same volume as the rest of his outburst. Neither did Moutet receive a fine from tournament officials. But commentators John Lloyd and Sam Smith could not help chuckling over Moutet's behaviour. 'The longer Corentin stays out here the more trouble he can get himself into,' Smith said, after the rant. 'He's lost it,' chimed Lloyd. ''This guy's crazy?' Look in the mirror.' Fearnley showed great composure amid the chaos to close out his win, which earned him his first trip to an ATP quarter-final. 'I never thought I would be in these moments,' said a delighted Fearnley. 'I still can't quite believe it.' With regard to Moutet's tantrum, Fearnley added: 'I played Corentin before, and yeah, I kind of know that's what he's going to do. He's going to get angry. He's going to talk to the ref. So when he was doing it, it wasn't really a surprise.' Alcaraz wins longest match in 34 years Moutet was not the only player at Queen's who fell foul of an umpire's timekeeping. Around halfway through his three-set win over Jaume Munar, world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz received a time violation and replied that he had not had enough opportunity to dry his hands on his towel between points. The contest between Munar and Alcaraz became out the longest match to be played at Queen's in 34 years. Their struggle lasted 3hr 23min before Alcaraz floated a delicious backhand lob over the net-rushing Munar to seal his 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 victory. Really, Alcaraz should have been back in the locker room an hour earlier. He held match point on his own serve at 6-4 in the second-set tie-break, only to double-fault and invite the persevering Munar back into the contest. But then, this is exactly the sort of outing that Alcaraz often seems to struggle with. While nobody could compare the plush lawns of Queen's Club to the proverbial wet Wednesday night at Stoke – especially in light of the baking sun – there was a sense of a foregone conclusion about the match-up. Munar arrived with a grass-court win ratio of just 27 per cent. Afterwards, Alcaraz alluded to the lengthy, baseline-dominated nature of the rallies as he took a pen and decorated the camera lens with the words '3hr 30: were we on clay?'
Daily Mail
15 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Hot-headed tennis star Corentin Moutet given THREE code violations and throws his racquet in Queen's meltdown versus victorious Brit Jacob Fearnley
The hottest day of the year brought a Corentin Moutet meltdown at Queen's Club, the maverick Frenchman calling the umpire 'crazy' during a last-16 defeat by British No2 Jacob Fearnley. Moutet was relatively calm by his standards across the first two sets but when he was broken early in the deciding set the screw began to come loose. The 26-year-old had been given a code violation for slow play in that game and when Fearnley broke, Moutet blasted a ball into the Queen's crowd, earning a second violation. Serving to stay in the match at 5-1 down he was given a third time violation, triggering the docking of a first serve. 'Get on with it,' said a voice from the crowd and when Moutet complained to umpire Adel Nour at the sledging, another fan told him to 'shut up'. After eventually holding Moutet let Egyptian umpire Adel Nour have it. 'Saying time violations is like your only job,' he began. 'You're talking to me four changeovers in a row, then you give me a time violation and say, 'Don't talk to me'. What's wrong with you? 'I am running every day for three hours and you are telling me what I have to do. Ten seconds with three balls in my hand. What am I supposed to do? It happens every point. I explain it to you and you give me a time violation without listening to me. Oh my god! This guy's crazy. Killing me. You're killing me every day.' It was not easy to follow the exact thread of Moutet's thoughts - it rarely is - but the gist was pretty clear. John Lloyd on BBC commentary summed things up by saying: 'He's lost it. 'This guy's crazy' - look in the mirror!' At the end of the match Moutet flung his racket across the court, then sent his cap chasing after it. Amid all the mayhem, Fearnley stayed as cool as it was possible to be on a 30oC day - the hottest of the year - and this 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 victory takes him into the last eight for the first time at Tour level. 'I'm very happy to be in my first quarter-final,' said the 23-year-old Scot. 'It's even better to do it here in the UK. It's really special for me. I've dreamed of these moments since I was a young boy. To do it here in front of this crowd and on this court is unbelievable. 'I tried to stick to my game plan and be aggressive. I did that better in the third set and the result speaks for itself. 'It's really special to have everyone here and watch me play on this stage.' The British was dressed like Gary Player and diving like Boris Becker. Like the great South African golfer, he was all in black - madness given the heat - and he broke for a 4-1 lead in the deciding set with a diving volley of which the German legend would have been proud. Moutet took a couple of tumbles himself, of a more slapstick variety. His antics can be way beyond the pale - he has behaved far worse than this - but he is such fun to watch, with his twirling drop shots and chip-and-charge net rushes, it is difficult to judge him more harshly than as a loveable rogue. Fearnley was holding him at bay with his usual measured aggression before a horror service game at the start of the second set. He served three double faults to go 2-0 down and Moutet ran away with the set. The Scot regained his momentum in the decider and the only question now was whether the sideshow at the other end of the court would distract him. But Fearnley maintained his sangfroid and he and Jack Draper are one win apiece away from setting up an all-Brit semi-final, a first meeting since their days as junior friends and rivals. In Friday's quarters, Fearnley plays Czech Jiri Lehecka and Draper faces American Brandon Nakashima.
Metro
30-05-2025
- Sport
- Metro
French Open tennis star 'didn't feel safe' after nasty incident during match
Holger Rune 'didn't feel safe' after a nasty incident with a spectator during his French Open victory against Quentin Halys, according to Nick Mullins. Rune was two points away from a four-set loss but produced a comeback to win 4-6 6-2 5-7 7-5 6-2 in the third-round showdown at Roland-Garros. The Danish tennis star, seeded 10th, headed into the match as the huge favourite but his French opponent had the full support of the Paris crowd. But there was one 'aggressive' fan who took his support of Halys way too far, leading to Rune threatening to quit if the spectator was not removed. Rune accused the individual of grabbing his towel when he tried to return it to his box between points during the clash on Court Philippe-Chatrier. 'Well the conversation between Holger Rune and the umpire Adel Nour continues about the spectator who tried to grab – did grab – Rune's towel as he took it back to his box courtside,' TNT Sports commentator Mullins said. 'Rune said that he wouldn't play again until the spectator had been ejected. He said that he didn't feel safe, that the guy was getting aggressive.' The umpire, Adel Nour, decide to not kick out the spectator despite Rune's protests as the player vented his frustrations to a tournament supervisor. 'Spectator is still in his seat, and here is Rune serving to stay in this third set,' Mullins continued. 'I assume that is at the umpire's discretion and it would appear that Adel Nour has decided that as much as Rune is upset about it, annoyed about it, it is not enough to kick the spectator out.' Speaking after the match, Rune said: 'I put my towel down in the box, and the guy was yelling, [being] aggressive with me. He reached out for me. 'I thought this was very strange, because I did not do anything against him and he should not interact with a player on the court, it's a bit embarrassing, I think. 'I told the supervisor that I would prefer him not being there, because it was a bit uncomfortable.' Later in the match, the spectator eventually left, which delighted Rune when he could no longer spot him in the crowd. 'I didn't see him for the rest of the match,' Rune added. 'That was good, because it is not a nice feeling when the crowd is getting aggressive with you when I basically did nothing. 'It happened at, I don't know, 5-4 when I was serving for the third set, and we played three more games and nothing really happened. I asked to get him removed three times. 'I think maybe he got annoyed that I threw the towel in my towel box. But I can do whatever I want with my towel box as long as I'm keeping respect for everyone, which I believe I did, and the umpire believed so because I didn't get any warning. 'I think a guy like that, it should not be about him. We're here to perform, we're here to play, and they should try to respect it as much as possible.' MORE: Mark Petchey furious with Emma Raducanu critics: 'Everyone is living in 2021' MORE: Emma Raducanu crashes out of French Open before 'cold' Iga Swiatek handshake MORE: French Open odds: Jack Draper can breeze past Gael Monfils but Katie Boulter has a mountain to climb
