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By Scoop Malinowski

“Depuis que t’es montée la-haut

Les anges ne ont jamais été plus beaux

Depuis que t’es montée la-haut

Ici moi je me sens toujours de trop…”

“Since you’ve been up there the angels have never been more beautiful since you got up there here me I always feel too…”

Je ne sens plus mon être;

Et la douleur s’en va;

Adieu mon assassine;

Adieu pauvre de moi ;

Je danse avec l’amour;

Je danse avec La mort;

et je crie à la nuit;

s’il te plaît reviens moi;

I can’t feel my being;

And the pain goes away.

Farewell My murdered;

Farewell poor me;

I dance with love;

I dance with death;

and I cry out in the night;

Please come back to me;

Corentin Moutet posted this poetry on Twitter, where his profile reads: tennis player on the ATP Tour poetry, art , love and music.

He also has a video posted of himself playing piano and various photos and artwork.

Moutet is also a lethal tennis player. He’s 18 years old, lefty, ranked 155, and has a wildcard into the Australian Open. He defeated Tsitsipas in the Brest Challenger final last year. He received a wildcard into Roland Garros doubles last year and with Constant Lestienne, defeated Dustin Brown and Rendy Lu.

As for his playing style…you can assume he does not play tennis like a robotic android devoid of emotion and passion. Instead, the five-foot, nine inch Frenchman, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is an emotional artist on the court, not afraid to pout or rage after idiotic misses, roar like a lion after Herculean shotmaking, or make curious gestures like a moonball serve or a fake racquet smash.

In a recent performance this week vs. Stefan Kozlov in an Aussie Challenger, Moutet displayed a mixture of genius, grinding consistency, sophistication, and a touch of lunacy. Quick as a cat, he can create any shot at any time, not unlike another famous, eccentric lefty Marcelo Rios. On match point, after blowing a 40-love, triple match point lead and three deuces, Moutet finally finished the job with a freaky, lefty backhand slice angled winner off a Kozlov drop shot. 76 57 62.

The talented teen, one of four players born in 1999 to win a Challenger (Shapovalov, Kecmanovic, Wu), is also not afraid to speak his mind and share a controversial opinion. After the recent Miss France beauty contest, Moutet tweeted: “Women are not objects. Stop the Miss competitions, where girls present themselves as pieces of meat. I think this is embarrassing,”

Then there was the match the chair umpire told Moutet to shut up repeatedly.

“Painting is freedom. If you jump, you might fall. But if you’re not willing to take the risk of breaking your neck, what good is it? You don’t jump at all. You have to wake people up. To revolutionize their way of identifying things. You’ve got to create images they won’t accept. Force them to realize they’re living in a pretty queer world. A world’s that’s not what they think it is.” – Picasso

If you’re a tennis enthusiast always looking to follow and watch fresh, new talents with unique games and competitive spirits, we highly recommend you take a look at Corentin Moutet.

If my suspicions are correct, in a short amount of time, you may not have much choice in the matter.

Corentin Moutet · French tennis · Marcelo Rios

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