An incident broke out between Benoît Paire and a spectator during the second round of theATP 250 in Montpellier. While the match against Harold Mayot had just started, the Avignon player responded vehemently to a provocation coming from the stands. This altercation would be the result of sports betting by the young man in the stands, who would have threatened Benoît Paire saying he would “wait for it at the end”.
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Benoît Paireengaged in the second round of theOpen South of France in Montpellierwas attacked by a spectator during his match against Harold Mayot. Already challenged several times while trailing 2-0, the Avignon player was about to talk to the referee before losing his nerve. “What’s wrong with you, what’s wrong with you? What after the match (x2)? What’s up after the match, who do you think you are, talking to me like that? Who are you, who are you?“, the Frenchman blurted out, mad with rage, to the spectator who, according to him, had bet on the match.
Questioned by a spectator during the match, Benoît Paire replied: “What, after the match? Who do you think you are to talk to me like that?”
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An incident that “did not cause him to lose the match”
At a press conference, and according to comments reported by L’Eteamthe Frenchman returned to this incident, which however did not cause him to lose this match according to his statements. “We know that people bet. When people attack us on social networks, we try to ignore it. But when it’s in the stands and someone threatens us, I don’t find it terrible. “
Benoît Paire on the punter who threatened him: “He just told me I’ll wait for you at the end. […] On the networks, we try to ignore it but when I am threatened in real life, I don’t find it terrible.”
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Earlier in the day, spectators had already been evacuated during the opposing match Gaël Monfils has Flavio Cobolli for these same reasons.
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