VIDEO: French Tennis Player Slaps Ghanaian Opponent After Losing

A Fench teenage tennis player, identified as Michael Kouame has sparked outrage at the ongoing ITF junior tournament in Accra after he slapped his opponent, Raphael Nii Ankrah.

In the video that has surfaced on social media, the 15-year-old appeared to go in for the handshake with his opponent after losing to him before slapping Ankrah in the face.

Although it is unclear why Kouame slapped Ankrah, reports says the teenager was likely frustrated at losing in the first round.

Reacting to the incident, the tournament director Roger Crawford wrote a lengthy message on Facebook addressing the issue: “As many of you know, I am the Tournament Organizer and Tournament Director for the International Tennis Federation Junior World Tour Events in Accra, Ghana.

“This afternoon I witnessed the most barbaric incident on a tennis court. I don’t think I have the words to explain what happened. The video says it all. The perpetrator is a player from France and he assaulted a player from Ghana. My immediate response was to disqualify the perpetrator from the doubles event. I went further to recommend to the ITF to disqualify him entirely from next week’s event as well.

“Ghanaians are a very peace loving people. No wonder the kid from Ghana did not retaliate. As the tournament director, I called in the stadium security who held the perpetrator for some time. I met with the Ghanaian player and his team and they decided not to press charges.”

Watch video below;

Number 1 seeded player Michael Kouame from France 🇫🇷 slaps Raphael Nii Ankrah 🇬🇭 after losing in the ongoing TGF ITF jnrs world tour at the Accra sports stadium pic.twitter.com/pj4WjfifXZ

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