French tennis player Benoir Paire complained that the current ATP Tour was “sad, boring and absurd” after being knocked out at the tournament in Santiago. The 29th world ranking player encountered various restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic, including the absence of spectators in the auditorium.
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Francouzký tenista Benoit Pair.
Kelly Defina, Reuters
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“Tennis has become a tasteless and odorless job. I will need time to get used to this pseudo ATP Tour. But most of all I have to find my joy of tennis again,” wrote Paire, who was eliminated in Chile by Round 2 in Chile teenager Holger Rune. “The ATP circuit is now sad, boring and absurd,” added Paire, 31, who criticized Australian Open organizers a month ago for quarantining players.
“I know you say to yourself that I don’t realize how lucky I am … But playing behind closed doors without an atmosphere is not why I play tennis. When I have to stay in a hotel or club and I can’t go anywhere under the threat of fine, where the joy is from traveling? ” Paire continued.
The tennis player, known for his outbursts of anger and peculiar behavior last week in Buenos Aires, ended the match with intentional double mistakes without any obvious effort for success and received a penalty kick for spitting. He is said to be going to the next tournament in Acapulco without worrying about the results. “My goal will be a smile and the joy of tennis. I don’t care if I win or lose,” said the winner of three ATP tournaments.
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