{"id":394046,"date":"2017-06-03T20:20:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T20:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/03\/french-open-bans-hamou-over-attempts-to-kiss-reporter-on-live-tv\/"},"modified":"2017-06-03T20:20:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T20:20:25","slug":"french-open-bans-hamou-over-attempts-to-kiss-reporter-on-live-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/03\/french-open-bans-hamou-over-attempts-to-kiss-reporter-on-live-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open bans Hamou over attempts to kiss reporter on live TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tennis player Maxime Hamou&#8217;s accreditation has been revoked by the organisers of the French Open after he tried to kiss a female reporter repeatedly during a live TV interview.<\/p>\n<p>The French player, 21, kissed journalist Maly Thomas while holding her around her neck and shoulders, despite her efforts to duck away.<\/p>\n<p>The French Tennis Federation (FTT) condemned the &#8220;reprehensible behaviour&#8221; and ordered an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Hamou has not commented on his actions.<\/p>\n<p>The incident\u00a0happened after he was knocked out of the first round of the competition on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several anchors and commentators on the Eurosport programme Avantage Leconte laughed and clapped as it unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>The episode drew ire on social media, including from French politician C\u00e9cile Duflot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He kisses her by force, she tries to get away, he holds her by the neck and everyone&#8230; laughs #tired,&#8221;\u00a0the Green MP wrote on Twitter\u00a0(in French).<\/p>\n<p>Quoted by the\u00a0Huffington Post France, Ms Thomas described the player&#8217;s actions as &#8220;frankly unpleasant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I hadn&#8217;t been live on air, I would have punched him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has asked Eurosport for comment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:inherit; font-family:inherit\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Still taken from video - Maxime Hamou tries to kiss Maly Thomas\" class=\"js-image-replace responsive-image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/_96275128_mediaitem96275127.jpg\" style=\"border:0px; color:rgb(189, 189, 189); display:block; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit; font-weight:inherit; height:auto; letter-spacing:inherit; line-height:inherit; margin:0px; max-width:100%; padding:0px; transition:opacity 0.2s ease-in; user-select:none; vertical-align:baseline; width:616.203px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"643871340\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:inherit; font-family:inherit\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Still taken from video - Maxime Hamou tries to kiss Maly Thomas\" class=\"js-image-replace responsive-image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/_96276243_3e07aabb-b272-4385-a49e-5abea46aa98f.jpg\" style=\"border:0px; color:rgb(189, 189, 189); display:block; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit; font-weight:inherit; height:auto; letter-spacing:inherit; line-height:inherit; margin:0px; max-width:100%; padding:0px; transition:opacity 0.2s ease-in; user-select:none; vertical-align:baseline; width:616.203px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1397016060\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is the latest case to provoke allegations of harassment of female sports reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January 2016, West Indies cricketer\u00a0Chris Gayle drew a barrage of criticism after he asked a TV reporter for a date in a live interview.<\/p>\n<p>He was later fined $7,200 (\u00a34,900) by his club for &#8220;inappropriate conduct&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time Hamou, who has a career high singles ranking of 211, has caused controversy at this year&#8217;s French Open.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0walked out of an interview\u00a0on Friday after a journalist posed a clumsy question. On Monday he also\u00a0angrily berated an umpire on court, asking: &#8220;Why are you here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis player Maxime Hamou&#8217;s accreditation has been revoked by the organisers of the French Open after he tried to kiss a female reporter repeatedly during a live TV interview. The French player, 21, kissed journalist Maly Thomas while holding her around her neck and shoulders, despite her efforts to duck away. 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