The Rebel Benoit Paire vs El Peque Diego Schwartzman, tennis and football | UTS Highlights

Diego “El Peque” Schwartzman beat Benoit “The Rebel” Paire 3-2 in the fourth clash of the day 1 at UTS Los Angeles.

Paire got off to a fast start, but it was drama with out calls that marked the opening phase of the first quarter. Schwartzman was unhappy with what he felt should have been a clear call of in, while The Rebel seemed to be holding back what he had seen on his side of the court as well.

This led to a small comeback by El Peque, which was quickly snuffed out as Paire went into quarter point at 16-12, winning on his second attempt.

Heading into the second quarter, Schwartzman made a big move: he put his cap on backwards. It made all the difference, as at the crucial junction, El Peque crushed a brilliant backhand passing shot on his bonus card point to draw level. Just as it looked like Schwartzman was going to win the quarter, The Rebel played his bonus card in turn, and grabbed a dominant 16-12 lead.

With the scores 16-13 at quarter point, Paire dropped the first three points, making it sudden death at 16-16. Playing an incredible point under pressure, the Argentinian executed the perfect robbery to steal the quarter 17-16.

The Frenchman raced out to a lead in the third quarter. However, a disturbance during an overhead put Paire off his game, causing the Frenchman to throw a 13-9 lead and lose the quarter 14-13 after five quarter points went missing.

In the fourth quarter, the Rebel gain an advantage, heading into quarter point at 16-12. Beginning the quarter point with a brief sit down to meditate, Paire was able to shake the monkey off his back from last quarter and send the match into sudden death. His celebration? A torn open shirt, revealing chest hair to rival Paire’s beard.

Unfortunately for both The Rebel and his racquet, sudden death did not go the Frenchman’s way for the second time today—but he still had the decency to treat the Los Angeles crowd to an on-court shirt change after the match.

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Chapters:
0:47 – First quarter
02:11 – Second quarter
04:49 – Third quarter
09:35 – Fourth quarter
10:53 – Sudden death

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