Chase the natural ... Slight progress in Madrid last week in front of the public in terms of attitude and play, Benoît Paire fell back into his pitfalls in Rome behind closed doors.
As often this year, the Avignon player came out of his match in the second set after an arbitration decision by Carlos Bernardes on a mark, which he contested.
The ball of his first serve being well out.
A decision supported by the hawk-eye.
But Benoit Paire persisted, considering himself the victim of an injustice.
He then chained three double faults and balanced his service game, before lowering his arms at the end of the game.
An attitude once again unworthy of a professional player.
The "show" continued after the match.
JEAN PAUL LOTH is it the old person?
- pair benoit (@benoitpaire) May 10, 2021
Unsurprisingly, the 32-year-old did not greet the referee at the end of the match and then took out his phone to take a picture of the mark, exclaiming: "I will pay the fine". What annoy Jean-Paul Loth who thus castigated the attitude of the Habs on the air. With restraint and elegance: “If Benoît had been focused, he could have come back to the match, but since it's Benoît, he buried himself, drowned completely. Without any nastiness on my part, it is not admissible, at this level of tennis, to have such behavior. He was not rude or rude, but he is not a professional player, he is a mountebank. " Less nuanced response in the wake of Paire to the 81-year-old consultant on
: "Jean-Paul Loth, is it the elderly person?"
With this new defeat at the start, Paire has a sorry record of two wins for twelve losses this year.
His multiple road trips in recent months have cost him a selection for the Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo.
To be continued in the next episode...
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