French tennis player Corentin Moutet, currently ranked 35th in the ATP, was very self-critical after the incredible point he lost in the Davis Cup by trying to hit the ball between his legs, which led to his defeat and his country's subsequent elimination in the quarterfinals.
The controversial situation occurred during the second set of the match between Moutet and Belgian Raphaël Collignon. Moutet had comfortably won the first set 6-2 and was leading 5-5 in the second when he had a point that was completely won. Instead of securing it after a very short lob from his opponent, he tried to hit it between his legs with his racket and ended up losing it. Following this scene, Collignon took the second set 7-5 and went on to win the match, taking the deciding set 7-5.
Hours after his performance, for which he was singled out by the French public as the main culprit for the elimination, Moutet was highly self-critical: "I've done it many times in my career, people usually say I'm a genius when I do it, but now they'll probably say I'm a clown."
"I think it was due to stress, the tension of the match, the emotion, that's why I did what I did," he explained. "It's a difficult decision to make, even if it might seem stupid, it even seems stupid to me right now, I don't know what to say." That's how I feel right now."
