Not sure that Benoît Paire has found the miracle solution to prepare to defend a match point.
In the first round of the Tenerife Challenger, a tournament on the secondary tennis circuit, the tone rose between the Frenchman and a spectator as the Japanese Kaichi Uchida was about to serve with three match points in his favor.
"Look at your face... You look like my grandpa!"
*Audience laughter*
Benoît Paire, stand-upper, January 16, 2023pic.twitter.com/P6qZKW9lsZ
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At the end of the game, the 172nd player in the world sends a forehand one meter behind the baseline, which provokes the reaction of a follower.
Pair's Japanese opponent waved at the noisy spectator.
The Frenchy, on the other hand, is not content to approach the net and let slip a few onomatopoeias.
"Can you stop talking if you please?"
Since the start of the match you've been talking, you're talking, you're talking...", starts the 33-year-old player.
The tennis fan responds, the exchange drags on, Uchida grows impatient and Paire addresses the referee of the match: “What does he want?
What does he want, ”he repeats before lending himself to an imitation of his verbal jousting partner.
The Avignonnais then launches a
punchline
which will arouse the laughter of the public: "Look at your face... you look like my grandfather!"
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Two strokes of the racket later, Paire lost the game before greeting his executioner of the day, not forgetting to address a gesture to the spectator who irritated him, end point of a new confusion created by the Frenchman.
This new defeat is in line with his failure in qualifying for the Australian Open.
He lost in the second round of qualifying against the American Michael Mmoh, opposed to the French Laurent Lokoli in the first round of the main draw of the Australian tournament.
