Aurélie SACCHELLI, Media365, published on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 7:27 p.m.
While he was to participate this week in the Challenge of Oeiras, in Portugal, Benoit Paire had to withdraw due to an injury to his left wrist.
He was expected to be the tournament’s No. 1 seed, but the clay Challenger in Oeiras, Portugal will be played without Benoit Paire. The 32-year-old French player, who has lacked confidence and results since the start of the season, had to withdraw from the tournament, which is taking place in the suburbs of Lisbon, due to a left wrist injury, and been replaced in the table by the Turkish Ergi Kirkin. The 49th player in the world had nevertheless made the trip to Portugal before formalizing his package, as noted by the Portuguese journalist José Morgado: “ Benoit Paire was in Portugal for a few hours, trained with Illia Stoliar (a 22-year-old Portuguese player, editor’s note) and decided to quit and forfeit. He said he fell on his left hand in Miami, didn’t recover, came to Portugal to avoid the late forfeit fine, which is $2000 I believe. In the process, Benoit Paire replied to this tweet: “Everything is true but I came to try to play. I’d rather pay the fine and stay home, to be honest, but I’m sad that I’m not playing this very cool tournament.”
See you in Marrakech for Pair?
Mathias Bourgue (28 years old, 249th) and Matthieu Perchicot (29 years old, 435th) will therefore be the only two French people present in the table at Oeiras. If his wrist injury is not too serious, we will find Benoit Paire in Marrakech next week, then in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona, still on clay. In Morocco, on the Rock and in Spain, he will try to really take off his season, he who reached the third round at the Australian Open (defeat in four sets against Tsitsipas), before being eliminated in the first round. in his three South American tournaments on clay, then in Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami, sometimes having the game in hand before completely breaking down.
