Corentin Moutet will leave Australia a little lighter. With his elimination in the third round of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Frenchman managed to collect 182,000 dollars (175,560 euros) in prize money. A nice check from which 15,000 dollars (14,470 euros) will have to be deducted. The reason: a hefty fine for unsportsmanlike conduct after he criticized the referee of his match against the American Mitchell Krueger.
Trailing a set zero, during the second round, Corentin Moutet had lost his temper a little after a decision by the referee, who had interrupted a point following a ball which had bounced twice. Warned by the referee, this did not prevent Moutet from putting a coin back into the machine, which caused the match to be interrupted for several minutes. “You make mistakes or mistakes and you are surprised that we are angry,” protested the Frenchman. It's your mistake and you're acting like I made a mistake. Remove the warning. You're wasting everyone's time because of your mistake. You get paid for this, how is that possible? »
Before the final blow sent by our modern-day Baudelaire: “Every night, all the referees get drunk here. And then the next day, they ruin the match. I'm here fighting, I work every day. I'm fighting to be here. And they ruin the match like that. And I'm supposed to stay calm? How is this possible? » Who knows, maybe it's thanks to that that the Frenchman managed to turn the match around to win in four sets. Before falling in the next round.
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