{"id":48915,"date":"2026-06-19T15:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/frances-corentin-moutet-fined-40000-for-repeatedly-dropping-f-bomb-during-post-match-interview-at-queens-club\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:32:41","slug":"frances-corentin-moutet-fined-40000-for-repeatedly-dropping-f-bomb-during-post-match-interview-at-queens-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/frances-corentin-moutet-fined-40000-for-repeatedly-dropping-f-bomb-during-post-match-interview-at-queens-club\/","title":{"rendered":"France’s Corentin Moutet fined $40,000 for repeatedly dropping F-bomb during post-match interview at Queen’s Club"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last month, French tennis player Corentin Moutet was cautioned for unsportsmanlike conduct for pulling down his shorts after losing a point at the Hamburg Open.<\/p>\n

This month, a new flavor of his eccentricity emerged that ended up costing him financially. Reports on Friday said Moutet was fined $40,000 for what the ATP called “unsportsmanlike conduct” after using “profane language”.<\/p>\n

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Moute, 27, dropped a whopping seven F-bombs in less than a minute during his post-match interview on Tuesday after defeating fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpesi Pellicard 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the Round of 32 of the ATP HSBC Championship at Queen’s Club in west London.<\/p>\n

“Mutet confirms that he will appeal the fine in accordance with ATP regulations,” an ATP statement said, via The Athletic.<\/p>\n

“The appeal will be considered by the ATP Tour Compliance Committee. No further comment will be made while the appeal process is ongoing.”<\/p>\n

After a match in which Moute, ranked 36th in the ATP rankings, brought in the big-serving 22-year-old Mpesi Perikal, BBC interviewer Jenny Drummond asked Moute about the difficulty of returning Mpesi Perikal’s 142mph second serve.<\/p>\n

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Moute let out a slight laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really frustrating,\u201d he said with a laugh. “When I had match point, I was hitting my second serve. OK, aim for the middle. Whatever you do, just put the ball in your court.”<\/p>\n

“And he hit me with 142 pitches, and I was like, ‘Fuck it. I’m going to have to serve.'”<\/p>\n

Moutet seemed to realize he had let the curse slip when the crowd reacted with laughter.<\/p>\n

Then Drummond said, “No F-bomb please.”<\/p>\n

Immediately defiant and perhaps reveling in the joy of victory, Moute responded three more times with “Fuck, damn, damn.”<\/p>\n

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Drummond pulled the microphone away and quickly said, “No, no, no” as fans continued to rain laughter on him.<\/p>\n

“I have one more question,” Mr. Drummond said. “Everyone, I’m sorry for my bad language. I’m going to ask you one more question, so please keep it clean, okay?”<\/p>\n

Mr Moutet appears to have granted the request.<\/p>\n

But then, when Drummond asked him how he felt when Moutet won on grass, he continued his buffoonery.<\/p>\n

“Fuck, damn, damn,” Mutet repeated indignantly.<\/p>\n

Once again, the audience seemed confused and humored at the same time.<\/p>\n

Drummond, on the other hand, was understandably concerned given the disruption to the normally sophisticated and child-friendly atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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“Okay, Corentin, we need to improve that for the next round,” she said. “Everyone, I’m sorry.”<\/p>\n

The Athletic reported that Moutet later said in an Instagram comment that it was “just a joke” and that he “hopes no one is offended.”<\/p>\n

He lost to Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the round of 16 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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