{"id":47325,"date":"2026-05-18T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/tennis-player-corentin-moutet-gets-booked-for-pulling-down-his-shorts-in-frustration-after-losing-a-point\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:57:27","slug":"tennis-player-corentin-moutet-gets-booked-for-pulling-down-his-shorts-in-frustration-after-losing-a-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/tennis-player-corentin-moutet-gets-booked-for-pulling-down-his-shorts-in-frustration-after-losing-a-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis player Corentin Moutet gets booked for pulling down his shorts in frustration after losing a point"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It is not uncommon for tennis players to faint during a match. Arguments with referees, broken rackets, and tennis balls flying into the stands are standard actions of frustrated players.<\/p>\n<p>But Corentin Moutet decided on Monday to take things to a whole other level. During the match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Mutet pulled down his shorts after conceding a goal.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It was&#8230;a strange moment for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>So what exactly is the punishment for a player who pulls down his pants during a match? In this example, Moutet was given an unsportsmanlike conduct warning for his actions. Given the circumstances, Mr. Moutet may have been lucky that his punishment was not more severe.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, this isn&#8217;t the first time a tennis player has lowered his pants on court. The same thing happened in 2004, but it was to celebrate points.<\/p>\n<p>The man found guilty in this match was Marat Safin.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>Safin was given a one-point penalty for this gesture. Despite this, he ultimately won the match and advanced. Asked about the situation after the match, Safin asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with[pulling down his pants in celebration]?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>If Moute has any chance of repeating this strange behavior, we&#8217;ll have to wait until the next event. Moute lost to Fokina 6-4, 6-4 on Monday. With this loss, Moutet was eliminated from the Hamburg Open.<\/p>\n<p>With this win, Fokina will advance to the round of 16 where he will face No. 3 ranked Alex de Minaur. I hope both fighters keep their cool and wear shorts for this match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not uncommon for tennis players to faint during a match. Arguments with referees, broken rackets, and tennis balls flying into the stands are standard actions of frustrated players. But Corentin Moutet decided on Monday to take things to a whole other level. During the match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Mutet pulled down his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[9222,9220,1869,2636,9221,575,764,8105,9223,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-47325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-booked","9":"tag-corentin","10":"tag-frustration","11":"tag-losing","12":"tag-moutet","13":"tag-player","14":"tag-point","15":"tag-pulling","16":"tag-shorts","17":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}