Earlier today in Miami, Michael Llodra and Benoit Paire took the court to play what should have been a routine first-round match between countrymen. There are no streams of the first round of the Sony Open, but Grandstand blogger Ricky Dimon was court-side and alerted tennis fans to the developing drama on-court, which eventually ended in a 7-6(7), 6-2 win by Llodra.

Benoit Paire time on Court 1 — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





Paire and Llodra again wearing same shirt again. Fortunately wearing VERY different shoes. — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





umpire out of the chair – Paire and Llodra already have to be separated — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





Paire blasts forehand winner and gives Llodra an epic staredown — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





“Code violation. Unsportsmanlike conduct. Warning Mr. Lodra.” — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





Paire giving Llodra staredown after every point he wins — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





Paire blew 4 set points in the first. 2 with shots that should have been routine winners. — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





there was enough entertainment in the first set for a whole match. As such, Paire has had enough. Mentally finished. — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013





“Code violation. Unsportsmanlike conduct. Warning Mr. Paire.” — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013

Paire walks off the court and to say there was no handshake would be an UNDERSTATEMENT. — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013

I mean Paire did not even look in Llodra’s general vicinity after the match. — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013

Benoit gets serenaded with boos as he walks off the court and responds by enthusiastically waving to the crowd. LOL. — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013

pissed Benoit is pissed – twitpic.com/cd06xo — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013

Benoit is dumbfounded. Llodra is dumbfounded at Benoit’s dumbfoundedness. twitpic.com/cd05xx — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013

DO YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME!?!?! #PaireLlodra twitpic.com/cd05n7 — Ricky Dimon (@RD_Tennistalk) March 20, 2013

After the match, Paire’s BFF Stanislas Wawrinka chimed in wondering what was going on, and Paire essentially told him “I have some things to tell you, Stanley!”

Alors le match Llodra vs Paire???? — Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) March 20, 2013

@benoitpaire je compte sur ça!! Mais je peux imaginer…. — Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) March 20, 2013

Later, French journalist Carole Bouchard got word from Llodra’s camp:

Details coming on the Paire – Llodra incident. AFP says Llodra told Paire not to “behave like a little shit” after an issue on a serve, then — Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) March 20, 2013

Paire took it very bad and threw some chosen words to Llodra, like “eater of shit” and tried to shoot him (llodra says so). Llodra also took — Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) March 20, 2013

a code violation for it seems a provocation towards Paire. llodra says Paire went too far in insults. Also says : “I knew he’d go crazy if — Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) March 20, 2013

I was winning the first set”. No handshake. Only Llodra’s version in AFP. More i’m sure (and hope) in L’Equipe tomorrow. — Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) March 20, 2013

Wawrinka chimed in once again,

@carole_bouchard“Only Llodra’s version in AFP…” That’s the problem… Hahaha — Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) March 20, 2013

and added:

@carole_bouchard c est clair c est 2 fous sur un terrain… Mais Ben c est un fou gentil, trop gentil…. Mika c est différent…. — Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) March 20, 2013

which translates to:

@linzsports “It’s clear that they are two crazies on the same court. But Ben is a nice crazy, too nice. It’s different with Mika.” — Harani T (@HaraniT) March 20, 2013

There will be more information coming on this incident I’m sure, and I’ll keep this post updated with relevant links. But I think this about sums up my feelings on the situation:

LOL at Llodra thinking anyone can go “too far” with insults. — Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) March 20, 2013

EDIT: Carole Bouchard had an update from Paire on Thursday morning. Sounds like a good night of sleep did not solve this problem:

“I won’t ever talk to him again.He tried everything to upset me while I was dominating the game, he insulted me”,Paire on Llodra in L’Equipe — Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) March 21, 2013

#hormones