Another chapter from Benoit Paire: “For the 250th time I test positive for Covid. I can’t deal with this shit anymore “

The French tennis player Benoit Paire never goes unnoticed. What’s more, it is in recent times, he is one of the most controversial players on the ATP circuit. Starred situations between shameful and unsportsmanlike, In addition, he emerged as a critic of the entity that regulates professional tennis. For worse, caught coronavirus again, is isolated and frustrated, hoping to recover to compete in the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season, since January 17.

It was the 46th of the world ranking himself who communicated his situation through social networks in a tragicomic tone. “Hello, my name is Benoit Paire and for the 250th time I test positive for COVID. I honestly can’t deal with this Covid shit anymore. That as I am? Because of the Covid I have snot, but because of all these quarantines spent in a hotel room on the other side of the world, I do not feel well mentally. Last year was tough, and this year starts exactly the same! ”.

Of course, the player born in Avignon expanded: “Only one thing, I am 100% in favor of the vaccine, but let’s live as before Covid, if not, I do not see sense (…) It is secondary, but ATP, how do you defend to the players in my case?

It is not the first time that the Gaul has to isolate himself, either by close contact or by his own positive. Last April, after debuting and losing at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, he did not hesitate to shoot against the restrictions of the current tour. “I don’t give a damn about this game. I have a doubles match and then I’ll go home, a two hour drive away. Coming to these cemeteries depresses me. We told ourselves that you come to Monte Carlo, one of the best tournaments in the world and you arrive, you see that it is empty and there is a sad atmosphere that has rarely been seen. I feel like a wretch when I’m on the court.The circuit rotted. But at least I have 12,000 euros! [NdR: es el prize money por jugar la primera ronda en el Principado] They will say, ‘He’s talking about a lot of money.’ I have received 12,000 euros to be calm in the hotel and then go home. It’s perfect, “said Paire, without a filter, at a press conference.

At that time, his shameful farewell in the duel against Francisco Cerúndolo from Buenos Aires was still fresh, in the 8th finals of the ATP in Buenos Aires. In the central court of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, he starred in a heated argument with the Spanish umpire Nacho Forcadell over a spike, spat the area where the ball had bitten and insulted.

After the Australian tour (it is still unknown if he will be able to participate), Paire has planned to play the ATP 250 in Córdoba and Buenos Aires from February, the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and Acapulco, and the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and Miami.