By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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Flamable Corentin Moutet snapped his stick then pulled the plug in a Madrid meltdown right this moment.
The left-handed Moutet was trailing compatriot Harold Mayot 6-3, 3-2 when the qualifier cracked a winner down the road.
Moutet wound up and splattered his racquet off the again wall, then picked it up and snapped the pinnacle incurring a code violation warning and level penalty as he fell right into a 6-3, 4-2 gap.
As he walked towards his seat, Moutet paused to supply the mangled racquet to a fan, who appeared to say no it.
Then Moutet, who was apparently bothered by a again damage, walked to the chair and shook chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani’s hand and briefly clutched at his decrease again. The chair umpire introduced Moutet retired attributable to damage prompting a refrain of boos from Madrid followers.
All of it added as much as Mayot’s first profession Madrid main-draw win and a second-round clas vs. Twentieth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo.
