Overview
- Leading 4-3 with serve in a final-set tiebreak, Ugo Humbert walked to his chair to look at his phone, apologized, then lost the remaining points as Adrian Mannarino won 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4).
- The sequence went viral and fueled online jokes and betting suspicions after Mannarino saved three match points and completed the comeback.
- Some outlets cited puntodebreak.com in reporting that Humbert is under investigation, a claim not confirmed by the ATP or the player.
- Neither Humbert nor the tour has provided an explanation for the in-match phone check during the Montpellier ATP 250 round of 16.
- In a separate case in Rosario, Spain’s Nikolás Sánchez-Izquierdo reported death threats from alleged bettors, filed police and integrity complaints, played his delayed match without spectators under added security, lost, withdrew from doubles, and left under escort as authorities investigate.