Spitting tennis star loses it over umpire's decision

This is one way to deal with frustration.

French tennis player Benoit Paire had a moment he’d probably want to take back during his loss to Denis Shapovalov at the Madrid Open.

The Frenchman eventually went down in three sets 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 but it was a moment in the second set that overshadowed the match.

During the second set, Paire started arguing with the chair umpire over a call and let his temper boil over.

The Frenchman tried to challenge a Shapovalov serve that he was adamant went out, with the scores locked 2-all and 30/30.

The umpire pointed out that his challenge came after he hit his return into the net – and Paire was having none of it.

He turned his back to the umpire as he was explaining his ruling an spat onto the court in disdain.

The moment may have sparked Paire into action, with the Frenchman taking the second set.

But he didn’t have enough in the tank with Shapovalov taking the last set 6-4, setting up a third round clash with Milos Raonic.