Watch as Frenchman Benoit Paire thrills the crowd at the Mutua Madrid Open with a tweener volley from near the baseline before sneaking into the net to hit a drop volley for a winner. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Benoit Paire struck 39 winners on Monday to beat fellow Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-2, 6-3 for a place in the Mutua Madrid Open second round. The World No. 50, who will next play #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov, beat No. 15 seed Pouille for the first time in their fourth FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting over 79 minutes. Pouille beat Paire en route to his fifth ATP World Tour title at the Open Sud de France in February, but is now winless in three clay-court matches. Paire broke serve in the sixth game, then later converted his fourth set point chance with a backhand winner down the line. He took a 3-0 lead in the second set, but was broken for the...
Watch highlights as Novak Djokovic advances past Kei Nishikori and into the second round at the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday. Benoit Paire, Milos Raonic and Feliciano Lopez also advance in Madrid.
Benoit Paire suffered a tough defeat Tuesday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, losing in three sets against Feliciano Lopez in two hours, 19 minutes. But the Frenchman, No. 48 in the ATP Rankings, won over at least one person at the Monte-Carlo Country Club — a ballboy. During a changeover, the young ballboy who was holding the umbrella over the 28-year-old was not covering Paire from the sun. But instead of getting upset during the heat of an intense match, Paire had some fun, kindly helping the youngster into position. While he did not walk off the court with a victory, Paire left with at least one extra fan. And when an older, taller ballboy with higher reach stepped in...
Benoit Paire reached the semi-finals at his first two events of the season (Pune, Sydney), and would later advance to the quarter-finals in Montpellier. But after losing to World No. 231 Mitchell Krueger at the BNP Paribas Open, he did not have much momentum arriving in Miami. But the Frenchman proved he did not need it, defeating six-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in a 67-minute second-round match Friday at the Miami Open presented by Itau to hand the former World No.1 his third consecutive loss. The Serbian had not lost three straight matches since the end of 2007, when he dropped his final five matches of the season. Djokovic, who is tied with his coach, Andre Agassi, for the...
