BOLOGNA – Corentin Moutet he can’t catch a break: “I’m a clown”. The Davis Cup final has only just begun but the heart of the tournament is already there: it’s a shame that a sensational mistake by the Frenchman led to France’s elimination. It happened in the quarter-finals in Bologna between France and Belgium, in the match on Tuesday 18 November: Moutet, ranked 35th in the world, was the favorite Raphael Collignon, number 86. smallleading by one set (6-2), at 5-6 to go to the second set tie-break. At 15-15, with an open court and an easy to cover smash, he instead looked for an underfoot shot, one of the magic tricks he usually gives to the public. Only this time he made a sensational mistake, the ball stayed with him and from there the game changed. Collignon won the second and third sets 7-5, France sensationally went behind and then went home at the end of the day thanks to a win Berg on Rinderknech.
Moutet: “I’m sorry, my emotions betrayed me
“I regret it, unfortunately it happened naturally to me,” he said small at a press conference. “What do you want me to tell you? I’ve done it many times and people say I’m a genius. When I make a mistake, of course they say I’m a clown. When I make a mistake and lose, I think I’m a clown too.. I should have done something else. Especially when there are teammates on the sidelines who believe in me, who believe in me… I try to play quite spontaneously, and unfortunately that’s what comes spontaneously. I wish it was something simpler, but it’s also part of my game, for me, I have to accept it. I was carried away by emotions, I couldn’t control them.”
