{"id":44656,"date":"2025-04-23T19:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44656\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:41:10","slug":"tennis-player-instantly-withdraws-from-match-after-furious-racquet-smash-in-bizarre-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44656\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis player instantly withdraws from match after furious racquet smash in bizarre scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fans were left booing a tennis star after he pretended to offer his smashed racquet to a child in the crowd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corentin Moutet failed to win any new supporters in his first round clash at the Madrid Open which unexpectedly ended early.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moutet instantly retired after being penalised for a racquet smash\" height=\"435\" width=\"540\" data-credit=\"X \/ @TennisTV\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/c86eb565-9ed0-4dac-bbd0-189612a663d3.jpg\" data-caption=\"Moutet instantly retired after being penalised for a racquet smash\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/c86eb565-9ed0-4dac-bbd0-189612a663d3.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Moutet instantly retired after being penalised for a racquet smashCredit: X \/ @TennisTV<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Frenchman reacted angrily after a tight line call went against him\" height=\"352\" width=\"541\" data-credit=\"X \/ @TennisTV\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/c8ff88c9-9be9-43e1-aaa6-ef952733f749.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Frenchman reacted angrily after a tight line call went against him\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/c8ff88c9-9be9-43e1-aaa6-ef952733f749.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman reacted angrily after a tight line call went against himCredit: X \/ @TennisTV<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman instantly retired after being penalised by the umpire as he was knocked out by compatriot Harold Mayot.<\/p>\n<p>Moutet had furiously smashed his racquet after a tight line call was awarded in favour of his opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Umpire Mohamed Lahyani responded by penalising him and handed a point to Mayot which secured him the game.<\/p>\n<p>The decision prompted Moutet to immediately retire from the match, citing a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving the court, he bent his racquet in half and pretended to offer it to a youngster in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was met with boos from the fans in attendance following his angry reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Moutet shook hands with both the umpire and Mayot as the boos continued.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the 6-3 4-2 Ret win for Mayot is the first ATP Masters 1000 victory of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Fans then refused to take Moutet&#8217;s racquet as he offered it again whilst leaving the court.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has become <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/tennis\/3034779\/alexander-bublik-corentin-moutet-tennis-fight-arizona-umpire-controversy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">known for his on court temper<\/a> so far in his time on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moutet destroyed his racquet before making his way off the court\" height=\"424\" width=\"546\" data-credit=\"X \/ @TennisTV\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8af3e9a4-6744-40cd-a383-61f210ed9b43.jpg\" data-caption=\"Moutet destroyed his racquet before making his way off the court\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8af3e9a4-6744-40cd-a383-61f210ed9b43.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Moutet destroyed his racquet before making his way off the courtCredit: X \/ @TennisTV<\/p>\n<p>His previous outbursts include accusing umpires of &#8216;getting drunk&#8217; every night at the Australian Open, which earned him a \u00a312,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>He headed into Wednesday&#8217;s clash with Mayot ranked 82nd in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Moutet will likely face a sanction for his antics and potentially be fined by the ATP.<\/p>\n<p>Both Aryna Sabalenka and <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/daniil-medvedev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/tennis\/2746039\/daniil-medvedev-fined-racket-smash-australian-open\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">handed financial penalties for smashing their racquets<\/a> at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka&#8217;s emotional actions during her final defeat to Madison Keys <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/tennis\/2854707\/aryna-sabalenka-daniil-medvedev-australian-open-fines\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resulted in a $20,000 fine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how much Moutet would be fined, with the rules on penalties at Grand Slams different to the rest of the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The crowd booed after Moutet pretending to offer his racquet to a young fan\" height=\"386\" width=\"549\" data-credit=\"X \/ @TennisTV\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/676ee253-623b-41e0-a7c5-edc05558e1f4.jpg\" data-caption=\"The crowd booed after Moutet pretending to offer his racquet to a young fan\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/676ee253-623b-41e0-a7c5-edc05558e1f4.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The crowd booed after Moutet pretending to offer his racquet to a young fanCredit: X \/ @TennisTVTennis star mocks &#8216;cringe-worthy&#8217; celebration as rival competes on court next door<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mayot moves into the second round, where he faces Francisco Cerundolo.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will take to the court for a place in the last 32 on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans were left booing a tennis star after he pretended to offer his smashed racquet to a child&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4719,24678,24679,22484,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-44656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp-tour","9":"tag-corentin-moutet","10":"tag-harold-mayot","11":"tag-madrid-open","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114388984606779716","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}