Wimbledon: Benoit Paire penalised for NOT TRYING in final set of defeat to Diego Schwartzman

Benoit Paire was heckled by the crowd and sanctioned by the umpire for not trying on Tuesday as the most controversial figure in tennis was meekly knocked out in the first round.

The Frenchman was 6-3, 6-4, 5-0 down against Diego Schwartzman when the match took a peculiar turn on Court Two.

The 32-year-old played two soft returns into the net before being given a court violation for poor sportsmanship.

Benoit Paire was given a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct at Wimbledon on Tuesday

The Frenchman took issue with the violation and marched over to talk to the chair umpire

Chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani told Paire he couldn’t play as he was doing in the final set

Paire was 5-0 down in the third set but he demanded an explanation for the violation call

Paire promptly returned to his seat and demanded that umpire Mohamed Lahyani call the physio.

Lahyani replied: ‘I’m not going to call the physio. You have to show more sportsmanship. You have to try to do your best.’

While Paire argued back, a fan called out to him: ‘You’re wasting everybody’s time.’

After losing the set 6-0, Paire said: ‘I do not care about the people. I play for me and that is it.’ 

Paire was competitive in the first two sets but he was never in it in the third as he was beaten

Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman easily navigated the match in the end to reach round two

Paire has continually voiced his frustration about life in the tennis coronavirus bubble.

Andy Murray beat the 32-year-old 6-3, 6-2 at Queen’s Club on his comeback a fortnight ago and described the match as not ‘particularly taxing’.  

Schwartzman plays Britain’s Liam Broady in round two.