{"id":13984,"date":"2026-06-16T16:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=13984"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:05:26","slug":"clare-balding-stunned-as-tennis-star-drops-f-bomb-seven-times-in-live-tv-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=13984","title":{"rendered":"Clare Balding stunned as tennis star drops F-bomb seven times in live TV interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Corentin Moutet landed himself in hot water (Picture: BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BBC presenter Clare Balding was left stunned after French tennis player Corentin Moutet swore seven times during a chaotic post-match interview.<\/p>\n

Moutet punched his ticket into the second round at Queen’s\u00a0with a hard-fought win over fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.<\/p>\n

With the match suspended on Monday due to bad light, Moutet was forced to return on Tuesday to wrap up a 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 victory over Perricard in a lengthy encounter that lasted almost three hours.<\/p>\n

A relieved Moutet was full of praise for his opponent, telling the BBC after his win: ‘The guy’s been incredible, you know.<\/p>\n

‘He’s an amazing player. It was so much pressure because every point is very important. Because he’s serving that good that he put so much pressure on my service game.<\/p>\n

‘I’m so happy to make it today. It’s been a long two months, so I’m happy to get a win here. Thanks to all of you for coming both days and I’m very happy to get the win here today.’<\/p>\n

Perricard has one of the fiercest serves on tour, and broke the record for the fastest serve at Wimbledon during last year’s tournament.<\/p>\n

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Corentin Moutet beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at Queen’s (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And Moutet let his emotions get the better of him when asked how difficult a challenge it was to return his opponent’s serve during their three-set encounter.<\/p>\n

‘That’s so frustrating,’ he said of Perricard’s serve. <\/p>\n

‘When I had a match point, I was on the second serve, thinking: ‘Okay, he hit me in the middle. Whatever you do, you just put the ball in the court’. <\/p>\n

‘And then he hits me with a 142 mph serve) and I was like, f***, I will have to serve out (for the match).’<\/p>\n

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Moutet \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com\/WKnI9Neuzh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sonny (@SNYbetting) June 16, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

On-court interviewer Jenny Drummond, was quick to apologise for Moutet’s bad language, but the Frenchman did not seem to pay much attention when the microphone was handed back to him.<\/p>\n

‘F***x, f***, f***,’ he jokingly responded.<\/p>\n

And when asked one final question about his victory, the Frenchman again responded: ‘F***x, f***, f***.’<\/p>\n

The coverage quickly cut back to a somewhat bewildered Balding who added her apologies for the foul language.<\/p>\n

‘Corentin Moutet living up to his bad boy image,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘Chaos makes the news is what he wrote on the camera screen there. It’s a tattoo that he has as well. And, yep, chaos is what he can create.’<\/p>\n

Moutet will now play either Alejandro Davidovich Fokina\u00a0or Britain’s Cam Norrie in the next round.<\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong>Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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