The tennis event in Napoli will be remembered by fans and players alike but not for good as we saw many problems.
Players complained about the court leading up to it forcing the organizers to hold the qualifiers at a venue that wasn't part of the complex used for the event. They reworked the surface to a better standard but had to postpone the main draw by a day as it only started on Tuesday.
Now we have some more shocking news from the event as a player taking part in the event was thrown out of his hotel as he was playing a match. Nicolas Barrientos was playing in a match when his belongings were taken out of the room and left in front of it with the player shocked upon return.
He quickly recored a video explaining:
"This filled the cup! How can this happen in an
ATP 250,
not even in a Challenger had it happened to me, well I think it
happened to my partner in a Challenger organized by the same company as
this 250.
Napoli ATP250, I arrive at the lobby after playing my match
at 5 pm and find all my belongings and my wife's in the lobby, poorly
packed, various things lying on the floor."
He continued:
"I check my email and see an
email that arrived at 4 pm while I was playing, notifying me that I had
to change hotels again. They had already changed me once on the second
day of my arrival at the tournament."
Barrientos further added:
"I think I don't even need to mention the fact that the courts that
everyone knows, and the qualifier and first round of doubles were
played at a club 40 minutes from the official club. I hope that the ATP
Tour will take measures to prevent players from having to go through
these situations. Especially when the same incident is repeated in
tournaments organized by the same company."
