His repeated pranks created a buzz.
Expression of his discomfort, of his weariness to evolve in empty stadiums, Benoît Paire drags, like others, his spleen.
But he expresses it more easily, more directly.
Without filter.
It sputters.
And disturbs.
In the arcane.
And not only.
Tired of repeated discrepancies, the French Federation announced on Thursday in a press release: "Given the repetition of deeply displaced behavior on the part of Benoît Paire, the Executive Committee of the French Tennis Federation, on the proposal of DTN Nicolas Escudé and in consultation with Sébastien Grosjean, captain of the French Davis Cup team, has decided to exclude the player from a possible selection for the next Olympic Games in Tokyo (scheduled from July 23 to August 8). "
And the FFT recalled: “On March 4, during his match against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo in the second round of the ATP tournament in Buenos Aires, Benoît Paire behaved unsportsmanlike and unsuitable both on the court (spitting, swearing, sloppy end of the match) than outside (inappropriate reaction on social networks). ”
Beaten in Chile the following week, he let go: “I don't take any pleasure, I just want to quit. I really don't care ”. Eliminated from the outset in Acapulco, the Avignon was then in the columns of L'Equipe continues his business of self-destruction: "I lost in the first round, so much the better." Stripped at the entrance to Monte-Carlo, the one who still figures in the world ranks: “Frankly, I don't give a damn about this match. I live two hours away. I do double and I break (…) When we play in a cemetery, when it's usually the best tournament in the world, where's the fun? It's empty, it's an atmosphere of rarely seen sadness. "
In mid-March, Benoît Paire had, after an email of apologies, escaped a sanction from the ethics commission of the FFT.
It had been cropped by Gilles Moretton, the president of the French Federation.
Intentions that have remained a dead letter ...
In recent weeks, Benoît Paire has mixed everything up: vulgarity, indecency.
The difficulty for players to evolve in sanitary bubbles, to struggle in empty stadiums is obvious.
It does not in any way justify the differences.
Still months when these fall in cascade.
To the violence of his exits, responds a pitiful level.
The 35th in the world (4th French player) has won only one of the ten matches played this year.
His victory dates from February, in the first round of the Cordoba tournament, against the Chilean Nicolas Jarry ...
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In Rio de Janeiro, during the 2016 Olympic Games, eliminated in the second round, Benoît Paire had been excluded from the France team for behavioral problems since his arrival in Brazil ...
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