He can be as annoying as he is endearing, and today Benoît Paire decided he wanted to be loved in Australia.
Impeccable from start to finish in the attitude against a Dimitrov who sprayed a lot from the baseline, the Frenchman got away with it in four sets and three hours of play (6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6), despite obvious fatigue after a rotten start to the season once again with a positive Covid test.
“One of my best games for a long time”
Cloistered for seven days in his hotel room, the 56th player in the world did not train much before Mebourne, and he qualified for the third round against Tsitsipas, a good poster no doubt programmed on a big court at night.
Loudly supported by a small colony of tricolor supporters, Paire let out his emotion at the microphone of Eurosport, and it was a nice moment to see.
🥺 The emotion of @benoitpaire... "I was criticized a lot, it's heavy": after his victory against Dimitrov in Melbourne, the Frenchman confided in our microphone with an open heart.
The full interview: https://t.co/1x3Iz66n7N #AusOpen #HomeOfTennis pic.twitter.com/nTpTLmQskR
– Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) January 20, 2022
“I am very happy, I know that there are my parents, everyone watching, frankly it was exceptional, he began, before bursting into tears for a few moments.
It was a shitty year last year, it was complicated.
This year it's still starting like shit, I'm positive, I do seven days of isolation and finally I'm there, I hang on.
I had my best match in a long time today, for me it's only positive.
I was criticized a lot at one point, it's heavy, but it's true that when I'm able to play a match like that, there's nothing better.
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