Madrid Open match riddled with bizarre incidents

A thrilling first-round encounter between Shang Juncheng and Corentin Moutet at the Madrid Open descended into controversy.
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Early on, Moutet clashed with the umpire after accusing a fan of verbal abuse and demanding their removal. He then claimed a fan spilled water on him mid-point in the third set. Adding to the drama, the Frenchman produced a bizarre moment in the decisive tiebreaker, attempting a foot return after his racquet fell while serving. Moutet ended up losing the marathon 3hr 59min match 6(9)-7, 6-2, 7-6(10) to the Chinese youngster.
"It's gotta be the longest match I have ever played in my life," said Shang after his victory. "On clay it was very tough physically against an amazing player like Corentin ... It was almost the perfect match for me.”
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[@nikosgr9290]

Moutet complaining about unaccepteble behaviour is just hilarious and ironic.😂😂

[@solushex]

They didn't even mention how Moutet tried to order a coffee during the match, then got one from a fan. Lavazza, too.

[@gwu5215]

Shang played so well with calm and sportsmanship

[@heroofcomments8956]

0:24 He was right, the cleaning team sprayed water in the court behind him and the water got sprayed on the player as well. But, he thought some fan spilled water on him. In the court behind him and just above the MutuaMordelin board you can see the water sprayed.

[@williampresiley-mm7js]

have you ever seen anything like that

[@heroofcomments8956]

​​@@williampresiley-mm7js you see the water sprayed behind the player at 0:24, 0:25, 0:26, in the court behind him, you can see that above the mutuamordelin board😂

[@zeljkocrljenica7135]

Should have been called hindurance and replayed

[@williampresiley-mm7js]

@@heroofcomments8956 yes i can

[@dadsfreetimeclassicgaming1220]

​@@heroofcomments8956no dude do you have it wrong somebody ran from the stands and then put on a staff uniform, grab the hose on the other courts and then just pretended to be doing court maintenance. You just fail to make obvious conclusions

[@SidneiMV]

the main incident in the match: Moutet

[@dadsfreetimeclassicgaming1220]

Fortunately the guardian has a bunch of people reporting on tennis that don't know anything about tennis. I was hoping to get a breakdown of the crazy things that happened on the match from someone who barely knows. Thanks guardiana

[@JamesClose-76hh]

You're spot on!

[@lopezleft13]

Seeing him trying to kick the ball is the funniest thing ever

[@ddhh1270]

Always controversy with this player. A shame as he is very talented.

[@davide.barbieri]

Moutet is Benoit Paire that got shrunk after the wrong washing program.

[@herbertdrandert3508]

It was a great, entertaining match. Say what you want about Moutet, but he’s very entertaining and feisty. 🎾💣

[@michaelp9061]

Click bate. He lost the match fair and square. No more excuses.

[@JamesClose-76hh]

Exactly

[@billivanilli666]

Legend 🤣🤣

[@meieran]

Such a brat! Always crying and shouting. Horrible guy.

[@JamesClose-76hh]

I think you're not wrong 😉

[@andrewsmith-lt3sx]

top 100 tennis player though. Has the ability and mentality to be top 25. Given his size, it is quite astonishing what he has achieved in tennis.

[@j.jmcquade5278]

Moutet is what a picture Napolean to have looked like in real life

[@JamesClose-76hh]

Like it 😉