French tennis player slaps Ghanaian opponent after losing (Video) | By: Adebayo Akinkunmi

French tennis player slaps Ghanaian opponent after losing (Video)

French teenager tennis participant Michael Kouame stirred controversy on the ongoing ITF Junior match in Accra when he slapped his opponent, Raphael Nii Ankrah, after shedding to him.

The 15-year-old appeared to go in for the handshake earlier than slapping Ankrah within the face, stunning these in attendance.

It’s unclear why Kouame slapped Ankrah, though it’s doubtless {the teenager} was pissed off at shedding within the first spherical. The incident sparked an all-out brawl, with footage captured and posted on social media.

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Event director Roger Crawford wrote a prolonged message on Fb addressing the incident: “As lots of you understand, I’m the Event Organizer and Event Director for the Worldwide Tennis Federation Junior World Tour Occasions in Accra, Ghana.

“This afternoon I witnessed probably the most barbaric incident on a tennis court docket. I don’t suppose I’ve the phrases to clarify what occurred. The video says all of it. The perpetrator is a participant from France and he assaulted a participant from Ghana. My rapid response was to disqualify the perpetrator from the doubles occasion. I went additional to suggest to the ITF to disqualify him solely from subsequent week’s occasion as effectively.

“Ghanaians are a really peace loving folks. No surprise the child from Ghana didn’t retaliate. Because the match director, I referred to as within the stadium safety who held the perpetrator for a while. I met with the Ghanaian participant and his crew and so they determined to not press expenses.

Number one seeded participant Michael Kouame from France 🇫🇷 slaps Raphael Nii Ankrah 🇬🇭 after shedding within the ongoing TGF ITF jnrs world tour on the Accra sports activities stadium pic.twitter.com/pj4WjfifXZ

— KENNETH KWESI GIBSON 🎾 (@Kwesi_Gibson) April 4, 2022

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