World No. 69 Corentin Moutet made a shock revelation following an Australian Open third-round defeat, saying he collapsed within the bathe earlier than the match and spent quarter-hour “lying in the dark” earlier than recollecting and realizing what had occurred.
On Saturday, the Frenchman exited the Completely satisfied Slam within the third spherical after rising star Learner Tien – who upset Daniil Medvedev within the earlier spherical – handed him a 7-6 (10) 6-3 6-3 defeat.
Early within the match, Moutet twice recovered from a break down earlier than finally dropping the primary set by way of a really tight tie-break.
Whereas the primary set was a really tight battle, the world No. 69 did not stand a lot of an opportunity in the remainder of the match.
Later, the 25-year-old shared that he began feeling drained throughout the second set and that there was a scary scene earlier than the match.
Moutet: I wakened on the ground, in the dead of night, not figuring out what occurred
“I was in the shower, I woke up on the floor. I was in the dark, I couldn’t see anything. I don’t know what happened. I just know I spent 15 minutes in the dark,” the Frenchman informed L’Equipe.
“I was a bit dazed from the fall. I didn’t hurt myself, but I was dazed.
“It was sudden as a result of I felt good all day, not an excessive amount of aches, I used to be fairly match, I had recovered properly from my earlier matches. It was a bit disturbing.
“During the warm-up, there was a bit of panic wondering how I was going to do it. It was hot today, it was tough physically.”
Corentin Moutet© Australian Open/YouTube
On the optimistic facet, the previous world No. 51 was no less than capable of play out a full match towards Tien – in order that’s encouraging.
Earlier than dropping to the American, Moutet defeated Alexei Popyrin and Mitchell Krueger.
This was the French tennis participant’s first match of the 2025 season.
