Benoit Perre was arrested in Montpellier during the match

Tennis – He lost his cool once again. Questioned by a viral spectator installed in the stands, French tennis player Benoit Perre expressed his anger during the second round of the ATP 250 in Montpellier this Wednesday, January 31.

Benoit Perre performed well to beat Englishman Andy Murray on Monday, his first win on a major circuit since 2022. The Frenchman faced Harold Mayotte this Wednesday, but the match started badly as he went 2 sets to 0. first minute. This result obviously did not please the man who came to play it.

As you can see in the video above, it’s impossible to understand what this viewer is saying. A tennis player can be heard perfectly on the court: “What’s the matter with you? What after the match? What after the match? Who do you think you are?”

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“Sometimes he doesn’t have the right to do that,” Then we hear him tell the chair umpire. A comment was made at the meeting TV team. The journalist explains that Benoit Perre was probably disturbed by a punter unhappy with the athlete’s performance in the same tournament as Gael Monfils.

“He told me: ‘I’ll wait for you at the end’. When someone told me that… I could see that he was making a bet and people like that have nothing to do in the stadium. According to comments posted by , the player then explained team. The sports daily adds that the spectator in question was ejected from the stands.

Ultimately, Benoit Paire did not win the match (6-1/6-4). But it assures us, “It’s not him who lost me. It’s a pain, but we are professional players and we know that people bet. When people attack us on social networks, we try to ignore it. But when they Being in the stands and someone threatening us, I don’t think it’s terrible.

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