Corentin Moutet is serving right back at Danielle Collins after some eyebrow-raising comments about him.
Collins, a long-time ranked star on the WTA Tour who was appearing for the Tennis Channel during its Miami Open coverage Sunday, said the French tennis star Moutet was “flirting with her” before a match.
Another broadcast colleague described it as “cat-calling.”
Collins named a few reasons why Moutet, ranked No. 33 in the world, didn’t have a chance with her — his height and performance on the court specifically. Moutet stands at 5-foot-11 to Collins’ 5-foot-10.
“I said, ‘If you’re gonna be flirting with me like that, you’re gonna have to get a bigger serve,” Collins said. “Some people think it comes down to height, some people think it comes down to personality, but really what it comes down to is big forehands and big serves.”
Then, Collins claimed that Moutet unfollowed her after she went viral in October for stating, “This is a no short kings zone” on her dating profile, which she posted on her Instagram story.
She added that Moutet “slid back into the DMs” Saturday night after he won his first-round match.
“He unfollowed me after my viral dating profile when I said I wasn’t interested in the short kings. You have to understand that I’m (5-foot-10), and for me, it’s fair,” Collins said. “It’s just a preference, nothing against the short kings, but he was upset about that, he messaged me and then unfollowed me.”
Moutet has publicly denied it all in a reply to Univers Tennis’ X post.
“How can I unfollow you when I never followed you. @TennisChannel how can you let someone say BS like this on tv? You followed me. You asked me for mixed dubs. And I’ve never even followed you. You ready to say anything so people talks about you. You should learn how to love yourself so you won’t have to do stupid things for people loves,” Moutet wrote.
Collins, 32, broke up with her partner Bryan Kipp recently after a year together. She had previously intended to retire at the end of 2024 and start a family, but faced complications.
She recently spoke about creating a dating profile in which she said she was “aspiring to be a trad wife” and be a “stay at home dog mom” before her controversial short king’s remark.
On the court, Collins played the villain at the 2025 Australian Open. After beating Australian star Destanee Aiava in the second round, she celebrated by blowing sarcastic kisses to the crowd and cupping her hand to her ear.
She bowed out in the third round and was booed relentlessly afterward. Now, she’s taking a break from tennis and contributing to the Tennis Channel.
But it looks like she’s brought the controversy with her there, too.
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