French tennis player Corentin Moutet has been fined $40,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct after using profane language in a postmatch interview at Queen’s Club this week, the men’s tennis tour said Friday.
Moutet used an expletive seven times during an on-court interview after a first-round win Tuesday against countryman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the ATP 500 grass-court event in London, which serves as a tune-up before Wimbledon.
After using the expletive for a first time, he was asked by the interviewer not to use bad language. Instead Moutet repeated the expletive a further three times before doing so three more times at the end of the interview.
“The player has received a fine of $40,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct,” the ATP said in a statement. “Moutet has confirmed that he will appeal the fine in accordance with ATP rules.”
The fine represents nearly all of Moutet’s purse from Queen’s Club after he received about $43,500 for reaching the second round.
The 27-year-old Moutet, who is ranked No. 36 and has yet to win an ATP title, had a heated verbal clash with Alexander Bublik last year after a Phoenix Challenger event, when the chair umpire had to climb down and separate them.
Wimbledon starts June 29.
The Associated Press and PA contributed to this report.
