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Nick Schwartz

Tennis player loses his racket, starts impressive soccer tennis rally

In the second set of his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Benoit Paire lost control of his racket while serving and was left with no way to hit a return. Instead of letting the ball drop, Paire kicked it back over the net to Tsonga – sparking an amazing soccer tennis rally between the two players.

Paire eventually attempted an acrobatic volley for a winner – but knocked the ball down on his own side and took a nasty fall on the court for his trouble.

 

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