Foul-mouthed Frenchman Corentin Moutet faces a heavy ATP fine after turning the air blue at Queen’s Club in a shocking live BBC television interview. Interviewer Jenny Drummond had to apologise to tea-time viewers after Moutet said the ‘F’ word an astonishing seven times. The 27-year-old had just beaten compatriot Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard over three sets at the HSBC Championships in a match carried over from Monday evening. Asked about how Mpetshi Perricard saved a match point with a 142mph second serve, Moutet said: “When he
hits me at 142, I was like f***!” When Drummond asked “no F-bombs please,”, the world number 36 replied: “F*** f*** f***!”. Drummond gasped “No, no, no” and apologised for the language, well within in earshot of children sitting in front of the famous Queen’s Clubhouse. She then said: “I’m going to ask one more question, so please keep it clean”, but when the grinning Moutet answered it, “F*** f*** f***!” again, forcing Drummond cut the interview short. When the cameras cut back to the
studio, presenter Clare Balding said: “And just to repeat those apologies for everyone watching BBC Two and iPlayer. “Corentin Moutet living up to his bad-boy image. ‘Chaos makes the muses’ is what he wrote on the camera screen there. It’s a tattoo that he has as well. And, yep, chaos is what he can create.” Co-presenter Annabel Croft, the former British number one, called Moutet’s behaviour “appalling”. Moutet earned around £33,000 for the victory but is likely to lose a chunk of his winnings in
the shape of a fine. The ATP has been contacted for comment.
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