Fiasco in Naples

[jimlosaltos]

Behind the scenes at the ATP 250 in Naples, the unofficial account.

https://twitter.com/josemorgado/status/1582787418150690818?s=20&t=8IuzjVcKJ6yWmZ-FmSnarg

https://twitter.com/Kamakshi_Tandon/status/1582823466969227264?s=20&t=8IuzjVcKJ6yWmZ-FmSnarg

Thursday - Courts deemed unplayable due to heavy rain
Friday - Courts start PEELING
Saturday, Sunday - qualies moved, court repair
Monday - Play delayed
Tues, Wednesday - Play CANCELLED in Napoli, courts too slippery at night.

Four R1 matches still to finish, R2 was supposed to "finish" tomorrow.

Thursday - No water at official hotel. Moutet retried, apparently in protest

P.S. Tournament refused to give WC to retiring Andres Seppi

[stotty]

Behind the scenes at the ATP 250 in Naples, the unofficial account.

https://twitter.com/josemorgado/status/1582787418150690818?s=20&t=8IuzjVcKJ6yWmZ-FmSnarg

https://twitter.com/Kamakshi_Tandon/status/1582823466969227264?s=20&t=8IuzjVcKJ6yWmZ-FmSnarg

Thursday - Courts deemed unplayable due to heavy rain
Friday - Courts start PEELING
Saturday, Sunday - qualies moved, court repair
Monday - Play delayed
Tues, Wednesday - Play CANCELLED in Napoli, courts too slippery at night.

Four R1 matches still to finish, R2 was supposed to "finish" tomorrow.

Thursday - No water at official hotel. Moutet retried, apparently in protest

P.S. Tournament refused to give WC to retiring Andres Seppi

All sounds incredibly bizarre.

[stotty]

And why the refused wild card? Is it because he is from the North?

[stroke]

I did see Fabio go out 1 and 1 to PCB. The announcers said Fabio was not happy about the scheduling at all ha. Big surprise. PCB just clocked in and went to work.

[jimlosaltos]

And why the refused wild card? Is it because he is from the North?

Interesting speculation.

I think the justification was development, but the player that got the slot went out tamely in his first match. Don't recall his name.

[stotty]

Funny place Italy. I know because my wife is Italian and we go there a lot. She's from the North of Italy and has little good to say about any of the goings on south of Rome. And don't get her started on the mafia...

[jimlosaltos]

Funny place Italy. I know because my wife is Italian and we go there a lot. She's from the North of Italy and has little good to say about any of the goings on south of Rome. And don't get her started on the mafia...

I recall staying in Milan many years ago when I spoke at a conference. We were a block from the headquarters of a separatist party that wanted Northern Italy to separate from Southern Italy.

[jimlosaltos]

Back to actual tennis, Lorenzo Musetti just beat Matteo Berrettini for the title in Naples !
Good win for the 20 yr particularly since it is on hard courts.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/berrettini-musetti-naples-2022-sunday-final

Haven't gotten to watch any of that yet, but I'm excited to see him break through Musetti has an exciting and fun game.

Besides, we one-handers have to stick together <g>

7-6(5), 6-2

[glacierguy]

Haven't gotten to watch any of that yet, but I'm excited to see him break through Musetti has an exciting and fun game.

Besides, we one-handers have to stick together <g>

7-6(5), 6-2

Haha yes! I always make time to watch the one handers. Some pretty good examples at the moment.