the wink of the Challenger de Rennes, which presents a spot to all of the Marion for a match of Benoît Paire

The Open Blot Rennes, a Challenger held this week, invited all of the Marions to attend Benoît Paire’s match this Wednesday, in reference to a skirmish with Bartoli. After his elimination on the US Open, the Frenchman returns to the courts.

Benoît Paire has not appeared on a tennis courtroom since August 30. Against Briton Cameron Norrie within the first spherical of the US Open, the French misplaced a dry rating in three units, two of which with out scoring a sport (0-6, 6-7, 0-6). Above all, the 33-year-old confided after the sport his weariness along with his skilled profession. He’ll nonetheless be again this Wednesday on the Open Blot Rennes.

Validated by Benoît Paire

Benoît Paire, who had put his finish of the season on maintain, subsequently returns to a Challenger, the place he’ll face his compatriot Dan Added. For the event, the match has determined to hold out a publicity stunt by inviting all of the Marions. “Free entry all day on presentation of id card”, warns the group.

This operation is a follow-up to the cult Instagram story, produced in 2019 by Benoît Paire. Criticized by Marion Bartoli for his perspective in the course of the US Open, the Frenchman had displayed a cocktail in hand, throughout his trip, in response to Bartoli by dropping a “Santé Marion”.

“It was our communications staff who had the concept, stated Matthieu Blesteau, the match director, at Telegram. It was simply to make a humorous wink, it labored fairly properly on social networks We clearly had Benoît Paire validate it beforehand to make certain that it wasn’t an issue for him.”

In response to the Open Blot Rennes, Marion Bartoli posted a photograph of her trophy obtained at Wimbledon in 2013, her solely Grand Slam title, the final additionally for French tennis in singles. Unsure, nonetheless, that she responds to the invitation of this Challenger, the place gamers like Dominic Thiem, Hugo Gaston or Ugo Humbert are additionally concerned.