ATP Stuttgart: Benoit Paire says goodbye to tennis for an indefinite period
Frenchman Benoit Paire wants to pause his tennis career indefinitely after his first-round defeat at the ATP World Tour 250 event in Stuttgart.
by Stefan Bergmann
last edit: Jun 07, 2022, 08:04 am
The tournaments in which Benoit Paire did not fail right at the start of the current season can be counted on one hand with little effort. In 18 tournament starts in 2022, the French ended up 14 times in the first round. Now the current world number 80. not quite undeservedly known as one of the most fickle players on the ATP tour, but the poor performance of the 33-year-old should have put a few question marks on his forehead himself.
After the man from Avignon had to give up at the beginning of the current ATP 250 tournament in Stuttgart against the Italian Lorenzo Sonego 5: 7, 2: 6, the "enfant terrible" decided to do something that was unpleasant for his fans Step: Via Instagram he informed that he was taking "a break indefinitely".
It remains to be seen whether the former number 18 in the tennis world will be able to motivate himself to make a real comeback. In his career so far, Paire has celebrated three tournament wins (Marrakech, Lyon 2019; Bastad 2015) in singles and has been in the finals of six other events.