Benoît Paire announces taking a “break” with tennis “for an indefinite period”

Benoît Paire needs a break. The French suffered another defeat on Monday in the first round of the ATP 250 in Stuttgart. Eliminated by the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (7/5, 6/2), the 80th world player shared his fed up with tennis on Monday on Instagram: “Tennis break for an indefinite period. »

Despite the warm welcome that the Simonne-Mathieu court had given him, Paire had lost at the same stage of the tournament at Roland-Garros against Ilya Ivashka (6/3, 7/5, 1/6, 7/5). These setbacks are part of a negative dynamic for the Avignonnais.

If he seemed to have given some color to his season at the Madrid tournament, the sunny parenthesis was quickly closed. Since the start of the year, the 33-year-old right-hander has only won 4 games apart from qualifying matches.

Positioned in the 46th seat in early January, he fell in the ATP rankings. The circuit has long been running at the pace of Covid. The gauges, the absence of an audience and the positive tests have strongly impacted Paire. Since then, the latter has failed to regain his level and his confidence.

The Frenchman’s motivations to evolve on the circuit have turned away from the game. Asked about the ATP’s decision not to distribute points during Wimbledon, the former Top 20 did not hide it: “I’m going there go to take my check, to play an exhibition. “Finally, with this break, he may not be there in England.