Corentin Moutet’s shoe flew off mid-rally at a crucial moment in his second-round clash with Alexander Bublik at the Paris Masters, The last time these two met, there were fireworks. Bublik won their Phoenix Challenger quarter-final in March, and then invited Moutet to go outside and “fight”. They had to be separated by the umpire and supervisor.
Since then, they’ve both risen up the rankings to career-high positions, and they’re now facing off at the La Defense Arena. Moutet had opportunities to break in the eighth game of the second set, but he lost his shoe during the game and ended up on the floor.