It goes without saying that five-set matches can be extremely tiring for tennis players. Some rely on protein-rich foods to recuperate, while some prefer longer rest periods instead.

However, French tennis Benoit Paire had a solution of his own after grinding it out for two hours and 38 minutes against Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in the first round of the US Open 2016 on Monday.

As per a tweet by journalist Bon Rothenberg, Paire walked into the pressroom for the post-match press conference drinking a beer following his 6-2 2-6 3-6 7-5 6-1 victory. Strange, isn’t it?

Benoit Paire walks into press after winning a five-setter, drinking a Heineken. #USOpen

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) August 29, 2016

Meanwhile, he is next scheduled to lock horns with Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the second round here.

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