Feliciano Lopez and Benoit Paire are entertaining the (online) fans by playing the innovative Ultimate Tennis Showdown in the South of France at the prestigious Mouratoglou Academy. The event is strictly following social distancing measures and, of course, the traditional handshake cannot be given. Therefore, after their match, Feliciano and Benoit found “another solution.”
Yes, it’s 2020!
2020 in a ‘handshake’ pic.twitter.com/JCIZOslMwV
— Claire 🦋 (@FadingTramlines) June 29, 2020
Feliciano Lopez in 2020
Ranked no.56, the Spaniard played his last match on the 4th of March when he lost to Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round of the Monterrey Challenger.
Benoit Paire in 2020
Ranked world no.22, Paire played his last match on the 26th of February when he was overcome by Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Dubai.
Benoit Paire’s most significant achievement of the current year was reaching the final in Auckland.
Feliciano Lopez and Benoit Paire played each other 4 times. The head to head is 3-1 for Lopez. The last time that they fought against each other, Feliciano Lopez won 7-5 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Miami (Miami Open) in March 2019.
