“One day someone will kill you” “Scandalous threat in the” sixteenths “of a Challenger tournament in France
Article by David Istrate – published on Friday, 02 May 2025, 09:30 / Updated on Friday, May 02, 2025 09:32
Corentin Mout (26 years old, 82 ATP), a French tennis player, denounced the behavior of his opponent Pavel Kotov (26 years old, 121 ATP), from the first round of Challenger Aix en Provence. The 26 -year -old player claims to have been threatened with death.
Thursday, May 1, at the end of a match that lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes, Corentin Moutet defeated Pavel Kotov with 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 and qualified in the finals of AIX en Provence Challenger.
“The next time you come to the net, I kill you”
After the end of the match, the Frenchman wrote on X a message, which in the meantime in delete, in which he revealed the threats received from the Russian opponent. “Next time you come to the net, I kill you/one day, someone will kill you“, Were the words addressed by Kotov to Mout.
“Not even a warning. Apparently, those words are allowed on the ground. If you do not want to get involved, then why don't you do your job,” the world number 82 wrote, which addressed the official account of the ATP.
Mouet deleted the post, but later distributed the “tweet” of a tennis page that told what happened and wrote ironically “I will have trouble sleeping”.
Pavel Kotov, the player who threatened Corentin Mout/Photo: Getty Images
However, the player from Neuilly-Sur-Seine did not get to sleep because, shortly after the victory with Pavel Kotov, he returned to the field to face the American Reilly Opelka (27 years, 103 ATP).
The 27 -year -old tennis was much more rested and this was seen in the two sets that needed tiebreak. Opelka was fresher and, After 2 hours and 8 minutes, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) was imposed.
Therefore, Corentin Mout was eliminated in the finals of Aix En Provence Challenger. Instead, Opelka will take place with the Ignacio Buse (21 years, 210 ATP) for a place in the competition semifinal.
