At the decision of a pickleball tourney successful Mexico, a winning subordinate was kicked successful the look by an opponent, who took objection with his celebration.
After the last constituent was won connected Sunday, a subordinate wearing a Mexican nationalist squad shot jersey, who was aboriginal identified as Peter Shonk, cheered arsenic his squad won the last point.
Shonk tin beryllium heard yelling 'C'mon!' and 'Let's go!' earlier approaching the nett to shingle hands with the opponents.
His last winning outcry of 'F*** yeah!' comes arsenic helium tries to shingle the manus of 1 of the players and inadvertently, knocks the different player's racket to the ground.
The incensed hostile successful pinkish shorts takes a fewer moments earlier delivering a footwear to Shonk's face. Shonk was not earnestly injured and volition not property charges, per The Kitchen Pickleball.
After the kick, Shonk's teammate runs up to face the pink-shorts opponent, with a spot of chaos ensuing connected the courts without immoderate much strikes thrown.
Shonk was kicked successful the look connected Sunday by an opposing subordinate aft winning a tournament
The guys who kicked Shonk volition reportedly beryllium banned from each aboriginal tournaments astatine the venue.
Shonk besides mislaid representation from the footwear for astir 3 hours. He did enactment down successful symptom and crumpled the nett upon being kicked successful the face.
The concern calmed down aft players from different courts stepped successful to diffuse the situation.
'We broke the internet,' Shonk said connected his Instagram communicative with a re-post of the clip of him being kicked successful the face.
Another social-media station from Shonk identifies the tourney arsenic the Quintana Roo Invitational.