A suspenseful final that all court lovers followed this Sunday, April 16, 2023… In three tight sets (5-7, 6-2, 7-5), the Russian Andrey Rublev managed to win his first Masters 1000. He was able to dominate the Dane Holger Rune and win for the first time a tournament of this category, at 25 years old. An event that took place in Monaco… And it was less his victory than what happened after that stirred up the networks! First in touch, the host Julien Courbet who unsheathed his Twitter as soon as he saw the enormous dumpling committed by the champion: “At the presentation of the Rublev trophy which confuses the Princess of Monaco and the organizer of the tournament and the Prince Albert who discreetly waves to him that his wife is on his right not on his left, real TV moments. We were almost there Rublev! Beautiful victory” writes, ironically, the one who every morning on RTL presents It can happen to you!
At the presentation of the Rublev trophy which confuses the Princess of Monaco and the organizer of the tournament and Prince Albert who discreetly signals to him that his wife is on his right not on his left, real TV moments. We were almost there Rublev! Nice victory pic.twitter.com/LdenHQ3pkt
— Julien Courbet (@courbet_julien) April 16, 2023
Oops, the dumpling! In his acceptance speech, Andrey Rublev confused Princess Charlene of Monaco with the president of the Monegasque tennis federation, Mélanie-Antoinette de Massy #RolexMonteCarloMasters#HomeOfTennispic.twitter.com/1AfuxbkCUm
— Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) April 16, 2023
#rublev@AndreyRublev97 mistaking Princess Charlene for the Monte Carlo tournament director hopefully doesn’t cause the Princess to go off the radar screen for a long time again! #yikes#Monte Carlo#rune#ATP1000
—Dipa Swaminathan (@DipaVish) April 16, 2023
#SkySport#Rublev#AtpMonteCarlo#Tennis#SkyTennishttps://t.co/3QCnVobyrX
—skysport (@SkySport) April 16, 2023
The tennis player has indeed confused Princess Charlene of Monaco with the President of the Monegasque Federation! Particularly embarrassed after realizing his terrible mistake, the winner had no choice but to beat himself up: “I took too much sun, sorry! I’m a bit silly, you know. » did he declare.And if Prince Albert of Monaco took this blunder with a smile, it was obviously not the case of his wife… In any case, this princely dumpling, if it offended the protocol, matters little to Internet users around the world who salute above all the great champion and his achievement!