WATCH: Nicolas Jarry collides with ball kid during tense French Open 1R clash before being knocked out of event by French local Corentin Moutet

Nicolas Jarry suffered a dramatic fall after accidentally colliding with a ball kid during his first-round match against home favorite Corentin Moutet at the 2024 French Open. The incident occurred in the second set of the match when Jarry was reaching for a towel.

Jarry, who is ranked No. 19 in the world and reached the final of the Rome Masters this month, was expected to put up a strong challenge. He was also aiming to improve his best result at the French Open, where he reached the fourth round in 2023. However, this year his hopes were dashed by Moutet, who is ranked 79th in the world.

The unfortunate incident happened during the second set when the Chilean was down 5-1. As Jarry walked to the sidelines to get a towel, a ball kid who was running from the opposite direction did not notice him and crashed into him. Jarry lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The video of the collision between Jarry and the ball kid was posted on X (formerly Twitter).

The match lasted two hours and 44 minutes, and the final score was 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 in favor of Moutet. According to the official statistics, Moutet hit 34 winners and 17 unforced errors, while Jarry hit 49 winners and 51 unforced errors. Moutet also won 77% of his first-serve points and 50% of his second-serve points, while Jarry won 60% and 37% respectively.

Moutet, who advanced to the second round at the French Open for the fifth time in his career, will face the winner of the match between Alexander Shevchenko and Aslan Karatsev.

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Nicolas Jarry now has a 1-2 head-to-head record against Corentin Moutet

Nicolas Jarry at the 2024 Internazionali BNL D'Italia

Nicolas Jarry and Corentin Moutet have faced each other four times in their careers, with the latter leading the head-to-head record 2-1.

Jarry and Moutet first met at the 2023 Halle Open first round, where the former won 6-3, 7-5 in an hour and 46 minutes. The Chilean went on to reach the quarterfinals where he lost 7-5, 6-3 to the ninth seed Alexander Zverev.

They then faced each other again at the 2024 Chile Open quarterfinals, where Moutet prevailed 7-6(5), 7-6(3) against top-seeded Chilean in just over two hours. The Frenchman went on to reach the semifinal, where he lost 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to fourth seed and eventual finalist Alejandro Tabilo.