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."
Things are getting better and better in Napoli. A thread on how Nicolas Barrientos got dumped from the official hotel while he was playing his doubles R1... Unreal.
Esto llenó la taza! Como puede pasar esto en un ATP250, ni en un Challenger me había pasado, bueno creo que a mi partner le paso en un Challenger organizado por la misma empresa de este 250. Abro hilo
