Benoît Paire lost in the second round of the Australian Open against Marin Cilic 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (3/10) at the end of a spectacular match of 3:36. While he needed the day before 3:12 to get rid of the German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the first round, the French again delivered a marathon match against the former world No. 4.
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The 30-year-old Avignon man alternated between bloodstrokes and winning strokes throughout an encounter whose playing conditions were disturbed by gusts of wind. He finally lost in the super tie-break of the 5th set, where he lost a series of seven consecutive points.
Next beach tournament in the Philippines
Too bad the 21st world did not play as well the last points of the match as its press conference reported by the Team, where it flew over the debates with punchline per kilometer. First a small one for the organizers, who found a way to send him back to the court in the middle of the day when he had put on 3 hours of play the day before, an affront that we would not do in Novak or Rodgeur.
“The best have to have a day off because they play on the big, covered courts. It's good, but I made the final last week in Auckland, I play 3:30 against Stebe, I don't even have 24 hours of rest and I play against Cilic. At least give us a little time, put us in the evening in night session. I want the best to want their court, play during the day, play at night, they want this, they want that, but we too are players. We also deserve a little respect ”.
Absolutely. Then it was the Croatian supporters, always there to peep before a second service ball at 30-30, who said: "They have their swimming thing on their ears [water polo], so I don't know if it is that they don't hear the announcements, but they don't have to do that. Next time, they will stay in their pool. "
"the Croatian public is in excess" according to Benoît Paire who, of course, is never in excess pic.twitter.com/EQ80f52zB5
- Al-Tussup 🇰🇿 (@Tussupp) January 22, 2020And if not the result Ben, what does it give? : "I'm doing India. I have a friend who goes to the Philippines, maybe I'll do this for a week, relax, go to the beach or by the pool, drink cocktails, that's what I like . Just put my racket down because I can't see it anymore. ” No doubt, Paire is living his best life.
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