The Argentinian Sebastian Baeznumber 21 in the world ranking, will face the Spaniard this Saturday Pedro Martinez101st, in a tournament semi-final ATP 250 Santiago, Chile Openafter surpassing the quarterfinals with a 6-4 and 6-4 over the also Spanish James Munar, 70º. In the other key, Martínez took the victory against the Frenchman Arthur Son44th, by 6-3, 6-7 (5-7) y 6-2. Later, the place Alejandro Tabilo he beat the Italian Luciano Darderi by 6-0 y 7-5and at the last minute the main course of the day was served. Nicholas Jarry he met with the French Corentin Moutet, a player who usually creates both rebellions and fantasies. Things that are not on almost anyone’s mind. A provocateur.
And he did it again.
El Loco, in a packed stadium, covered with Chilean fans and facing the best local player, had to open the game. This is how the draw took place. He made a risky, disruptive decision: take out from below. And he won the point! Jarry waited for service too far back. An ace due to slowness of the ball, not due to power…
Corentin Moutet’s ace with a low serve
And the 140th did not shrink! tennis player of the world. Well done visitor, defeated Jarry22nd in the rankings and first seeded in Santiago, for 7-6 (7-5) y 7-6 (7-3)and advanced to a semi-final, in which the European 24 years You will cross another place, Tabilo.
But there was more to Moutet in the Santiago brick dust. In the match point, which he reached with some ease (6-3) in the tie-break, he played two deep left kicks, including a scream in each one. The first disarmed Jarry, and the second made it impossible for him to return the Chilean to the field. The ball hit just after the net, but wide, and the Frenchman He crouched down and released his euphoria with a scream almost in a crouch., after releasing the racket. He looked towards his coaching staff, but the public felt provoked.
The match point and Moutet’s subsequent fervent celebration
Next, his defeated man shook his hand in the final greeting, but briefly and with gestures that seemed to exhort him, not very willingly, not to incite the audience to react. Enough for the wayward European to do exactly the opposite: as soon as he heard Jarry, he turned around, He raised his arms looking at the stands and surprised with the Novak Djokovic celebration, as if offering his heart with a movement of his arms towards each tribune. Strangely, she then made an additional apology.
The Djokovic-style celebration, amid more whistles
Later, when it was his turn to speak in public in the typical post-victory interview, he couldn’t hear the first question completely and already wanted to take the microphone. “Please. “One minute, please,” he repeated in Spanish several times., because the boos did not stop. And when they gave in, then he spoke in English. “I think it’s really important to say that sport is a moment to share among everyone. I think that sport was created to unite everyone. So it seems to me that It’s really sad what happened tonight. There were two players who have been trying hard since they were children, and we deserve to be on the court. I’m just trying to do my best. I know I played against a Chilean, but that doesn’t make me bad”Corentin declared. The cries against him continued, although now isolated.
His speech to the public after eliminating a Chilean
Moutet, a demon with an exquisite left hand in a 1.75 meter container, never goes unnoticed. He is as skillful as he is irascible. In the same match he can spill high-ranking tennis and cause embarrassing reactions. So much so that he was close to being attacked by a rival in September 2022. It was at the Challenger Open d’Orleans, in a round of 16 match against the Bulgarian Adrian Andreev, that he did not tolerate Moutet’s attitudes.
They had a tough meeting that lasted almost three hours. The victory went to Andreev, with a great reaction, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3) and 7-6 (7-2). The Bulgarian, far from celebrating, He shook Moutet’s hand with some vehemence and immediately hit him with his chest.. But not like the chest blows that the Bryan brothers gave each other when they won an important doubles match: a blow as if to mark territory and let him know what, with him, he was all wrong.
The clashes with Adrian Andreev
The applause of the people of his country suddenly turned into disapproval. Moutet, surprised, went to the other side of the net and pushed Andreev. They continued like this until the umpire, who quickly got down from the chair, separated them. It was a mess. It didn’t even take a blow: Andreev’s reaction unleashed a conflict that could have been even worse. He clearly arrived at the end “loaded” with situations in the game. Gestures and attitudes that did not sit well with him. What many opponents point out about Moutet.
Weeks later, the French player once again attracted attention, but for a tennis exquisiteness.
The action took place in the first round of the ATP 250 in Naples. After losing the first set 7-6 (9-7) against the young local Luca Nardi, Moutet and his rival held another very even set in the second and reached the tie-break. It was then when the one born in Paris, very demanding in the score since he could not lose the set, won a point surprising everyone at the Tennis Club Napoli, generating applause and also some whistles. He faked a shot and finally made a short touch.
The feint and the soft definition
On the other hand, Moutet made a mistake in 2021, again in the Orleans Challenger, against the Russian Roman Safiullin. After winning the first set 6-4, the left-hander served under pressure, with two set points against (15-40, 2-5), and it occurred to him to innovate and take out… on your back. But the service stayed online. Moutet ended up winning that match 6-4, 2-6 and 7-6 (9-7). Probably next to the Australian Nick Kyrgios and the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, Moutet is one of the players who does the most crazy things on the courts, often without fear of losing the point. And the game.
The back service
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