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‘I’m not going to make any controversy,’ promises Paire in response to Nadal criticisms


Benoit Paire has promised to not make any controversy after being criticised for his recent comments by Toni Nadal.

The Frenchman has made no secret of his unhappiness with the Covid restrictions and reduced prize money on the ATP Tour right now, and openly tanked in Argentina earlier this month.

He followed that up by saying all he wants to do right now is lose as early as possible in tournaments and get out of the bio-secure bubbles, as the prize money is not worth his effort.

“All this does tennis poorly,” Toni Hadal, who is the uncle and former coach of 20-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal, said about Paire’s recent comments.

“These statements are not correct. He would have done better to keep that to himself because it tarnishes the image of tennis.

“What is not normal is not to fight. There is very little value given to effort lately.”

Paire, though, has responded directly to Nadal, and appears to be in a much more complaint mood than usual.

“I am not going to make any controversy,” he tweeted.

“I respect Toni Nadal a lot for the person he is and what he has brought to tennis.”

Paire, who is the 23rd seed in Miami, will face exciting Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti on the second round.


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Michael Graham, Tennishead.net Editor, has been a professional sports journalist for his whole career and is especially passionate about tennis. He's been the Editor of Tennishead.net for over 5 years and loves watching live tennis by visiting as many tournaments as possible. Michael specialises in writing in-depth features about the ATP & WTA tours.