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Benoit Paire doesn’t try at Italian Open after isolation due to US Open COVID-19 – Wide World of Sports
‘I’m happy I played one hour’
Benoit Paire’s anger at being strictly confined at the US Open after contracting the coronavirus boiled over at the Italian Open during a farcical first-round match on Monday.
The 24th-ranked Paire threw his racket high into the air twice during one game and showed little effort against Italian teenager Jannik Sinner in a 6-2 6-1 loss.
Paire was forced to stay in isolation in New York until he tested negative — preventing him from training. The Frenchman criticised Rome organisers for making …
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