Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Thanasi Kokkinakis were part of a rather nasty episode after their match in Madrid.
Thanasi Kokkinakis, an Australian tennis player, is well known among fans for his friendly personality, but on Wednesday, after losing to a Spanish opponent named Jaume Munar, he put that to one side in a heated post-match exchange. Despite having several set points against Munar, who is ranked 88th in the world, Kokkinakis lost the Madrid Open match 7-6 7-6.
What happened?
There was a strong altercation between the two at the net following the ferocious battle was the real story of the see-sawing two hours and 37 minutes.
Kokkinakis became enraged during the first set tiebreak when he thought he saw Munar speaking to his coaches box and pointed it up to chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani. The Australian yelled at Munar, who then remarked that Kokkinakis was talking too much, “Bro, you don’t shut up.”
“Don’t tell me to shut up again,” said Jaume, to which Kokkinakis replied: “Or what? I wasn’t angry at you. I was talking to him (umpire Lahyani),” Kokkinakis replied, explaining he didn’t tell him to shut up.”
“You said I was saying something to my team, and I didn’t,” said Munar.
Here for the handshake đź‘€@jamunar_38 gets past Kokkinakis 7-6(7) 7-6(3) for his maiden main draw win in Madrid!#MMOpen pic.twitter.com/Bl3Yw7LcsC
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 26, 2023
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Antoni Munar Clar in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2023
LLWLLWLWWW Now ranked no.88, the Spaniard owns a 9-12 match record in 2023. Antoni Munar Clar is participating in Madrid where he beat the world no.111 Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-67 7-63.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar will compete against the world no.36 Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd round on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. Their current record is 1-0 for Griekspoor.
Thanasi Kokkinakis in 2023
WLWWLWWLLW Now ranked no.111, Thanasi played his last match on the 26th of April when he lost to world no.88 Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-6(7) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Madrid (draw).
This season the Australian owns a 17-9 record. Thanasi has won 1 title in the Manama Challenger.
He is also scheduled to play in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 10th of May and French Open (French Open) on the 28th of May.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Thanasi Kokkinakis squared off only once. Their record is 1-0 for Antoni Munar Clar. When they played, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar won 7-6(7) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 26th of April 2023.
