The Daily Populous Monday November 25th, 2024 evening edition
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A pickleball tournament in Mexico has gone viral after a vicious kick to the head soured the end of a championship game.

A video circulating the internet shows the moment a beaten finalist lands a brutal kick to the head of his victorious, and exuberant opponent.

Peter Shonk shared the video of himself being the recipient of the head kick following his, and Sylvain Bouchard's victory in the Men's Advance section of the Quintana Roo International at the Pickleball Club Playa Del Carmen.

The incident came following championship point, according to US-based pickleball news source, The Kitchen Pickleball.

An exuberant Shonk screams, swears, and appears to knock the paddle out of an opponent's hand as they meet at the net to shake hands.

Shonk bends over the net, appearing to pick up the paddle he knocked from his opponent.

However, the beaten finalist was not thrilled with the victor's reaction and proceeded to land a head kick that belonged in a ring rather than a court.

Shonk collapsed to the ground after the kick, however, was reportedly doing fine after the blow.

"It occurred after championship point from a tournament this weekend and the man that was assaulted, Peter Shonk, shared this video with us to post and wants everyone to know that he is ok," The Kitchen Pickleball reported.

"This behaviour is disgusting and completely unacceptable."

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rafuzo2 on November 24th, 2024 at 21:09 UTC »

Competitive pickleball people are completely insufferable

ricktencity on November 24th, 2024 at 19:34 UTC »

Lol imagine being so pissy losing at arguably the most casual of all racket sports.

junon on November 24th, 2024 at 19:15 UTC »

Weird that they only name the person who got kicked and not the guy that did the kick.