“He doesn’t seem to care.”
Corentin Moutet testified for his behavior in the loss to Casper Ruud at the US Open.
The Frenchman shouted, fired at the spectators – and did a nine (!) Press-up mid-match.
“I’m very disappointed,” says Mats Wellander at Eurosport.
norwegian shooting star Casper RoadThe 23-year-old had no trouble defeating Corentin Mute in the fourth round of the US Open.
Rudd, ranked seventh in the world, won 3-1 in sets (6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2) against the Frenchman who was ranked 112.
But the next talk was about Motte’s behavior on the field.
At one point, he drew cheers from the crowd when he decided to stay on the ground and make nine push-ups after losing the ball when he was leading 40-30 at the start of the second set.
Shoot the spectators
Then the excitement turned to frustration when he hit two balls into the crowd and had to get a points deduction.
In the fourth set, he turned his anger on to the referee after taking too long between two balls.
– I sweat, I play tennis. I need my towel. Think for a second. You’ve been waiting to say something because you’re bored in the chair! I cried.
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This measure did not impress the Eurosport TV experts.
– He talks a lot with his coach. looks around. Alex Corretga says he doesn’t seem to care much.
And about push-ups, he says:
Don’t do it if you are focused on the match, you do it because your thoughts are elsewhere and you lose focus.
expert colleague Mats Wheelander agree.
– I am very disappointed in the match. I agree with Alex that his attitude was not good for him. If we look at tennis only, he is very talented and smart. But you can see from the start that he didn’t really think he had any chance of winning, says Wellander.