Corentin Moutet bluntly responds to Alexander Bublik’s shade

World No. 133 Corentin Moutet wasn’t impressed with Alexander Bublik’s shade, saying that some folks develop into “too talkative” when cameras are round. A few days in the past, Bublik, Casper Ruud, and Benoit Paire sat down for a dialog on the most recent episode of UTS’s “All on the Desk.” 

One of many subjects they mentioned was Ruud’s 2022 US Open run, throughout which the 25-year-old Norwegian made the ultimate. On paper, Ruud did not actually have a troublesome job of constructing a deep US Open run that yr as he needed to beat Kyle Edmund, Tim van Rijthoven, Tommy Paul, and Moutet en path to the quarterfinal. 

“What the hell is that this draw? Besides Tommy. However on the time Tommy was 20 [in the world], not 12,” Bublik stated on UTS’s “All on the Desk.”

Within the US Open round-of-16, world No. 11 Ruud beat former world No. 51 Moutet 6-1 6-2 6-7 (4) 6-2 to arrange a quarterfinal assembly in opposition to Matteo Berrettini. After listening to that Ruud needed to beat Moutet for a US Open quarterfinal spot, Bublik stated: “So Moutet fourth spherical, who’s quarter-final… Cachin? I’m sorry, no offense, however…”

Moutet responds to Bublik’s shade 

“Cameras make folks too talkative,” Moutet wrote on X.

Les caméras ça rend les gens trop bavards https://t.co/Gusfm18xO8

— Corentin Moutet (@moutet99) December 27, 2023

For twenty-four-year-old Moutet, reaching the US Open round-of-16 in 2022 stays his finest Grand Slam consequence. At Flushing Meadows, Moutet additionally made the third spherical in 2020 earlier than dropping to Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Exterior of the US Open, Moutet’s finest result’s the French Open third spherical reached in 2019. In relation to the Australian Open and Wimbledon, Moutet has by no means made it previous the second spherical at these tournaments.

In 2023, Moutet did not take pleasure in a lot Grand Slam success. Within the first three Grand Slam tournaments of the yr on the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon, Moutet picked up three consecutive second-round exits. Moutet’s worst Grand Slam results of the 2023 season got here on the US Open, the place he misplaced to Andy Murray within the first spherical.