"He wanted to send me home? I punished him": Bublik blunt after his victory over Moutet at the Rolex Paris Masters
The tension was palpable in Nanterre. Corentin Moutet had promised to "send Bublik home," but on the court, it was the world number 16 who dictated the terms and responded with humor: "It's convenient that he lives in Paris, it's not too far by taxi."
At the end of a match that offered both showmanship and tension, Bublik got the better of Moutet 6-3, 7-5 in the second round of the Rolex Paris Masters.
The handshake, inevitably a bit chilly, was followed by a blunt response from the world number 16 towards his opponent.
To recall, the Frenchman had announced he "wanted to do everything to send Bublik home."
"Of course, he talked too much before the match, way too much. I had no other choice but to punish him. He said he would do everything to send me home. It's convenient that he lives in Paris, it's not too far by taxi," declared the Kazakh player on the court.
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