Watch: Paire’s Outrageous Flying ‘Tweener in Tokyo


Benoit Paire could not find a way past Kei Nishikori on Wedneday at the Rakuten Open in Tokyo, but boy did he ever steal the show with this reckless flying ‘tweener late in the second set.Two-time champion Nishikori went on to grab the 6-3, 7-5 victory to reach the quarterfinals, but it is Paire’s work of stylistic bravado that will go down as the hot shot of the day in Japan. Watch it again in GIF format, because if you’re like us, you probably cannot get enough of this shot.

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