75 short minutes is the length of Benoit Paire’s season on grass. He remained on a defeat in the quarter-finals at the TC Lyon Challenger after a great tournament against the 17-year-old nugget Gabriel Debru (419th). On the grass side, the Avignonnais hoped to play Wimbledon this season but with a 146th place at the ATP, he first had to go through the qualification phase. The former 18th player in the world inherited an unfavorable draw, since he had to challenge this Monday Oscar Otte, (36th last June and current 230th) probably the best player in qualifying on the surface. The German notably reached the third round of the London Grand Slam last year, released by Carlos Alcaraz. Benoit Paire was logically manhandled for 1h15, for a 6-3, 6-3 defeat.
The 34-year-old had already announced that he intended to take a break after six tournaments played between the beginning of May and the end of June, but he finally decided to try his luck at Wimbledon. The passage on grass will therefore have been express this year. “Grass season over,” he quickly concluded on Twitter after his defeat, simple and effective. A part of the season to forget. Paire is set to play the Karlsruhe Challenger on clay next week.
