Mahut congratulated for losing!
Print Edition
FRANCE’S Nicolas Mahut was congratulated on losing his first round match at the French Open on Monday by a reporter who got his wires embarrassingly crossed.
Mahut was knocked out by Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin, 3-6, 7-6 (4/7), 3-6, 4-6 and then faced the press where the first question was from an English-speaking journalist who offered his congratulations. A stunned Mahut hit back: “Congratulations? I lost.”
Reporter: “You lost? Okay. So what happened out there? Mahut, 32, responded: “Are you serious? Did you watch the match?” which yielded a grovelling apology from the journalist.
“No, I didn’t. I was told that you won. I’m sorry.” Mahut fired back: “Questions in French, please.”
Also, Australia’s Samantha Stosur had enough firepower to beat Puerto Rican Monica Puig 6-1, 6-1 despite needing five stitches to patch up a gashed leg injury suffered in a gym workout. The 2010 runner-up hurt herself last week and had to skip practice for two days.
(AFP)
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
