Fabio Fognini has decided to protest quite heavily with the management of the racing program during the ATP 250 in Naples on Thursday 20 October. The Italian tennis player took the court and won his first victory of the week in the Campania capital against the French Hugo Grenier, defeated in three by a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
In the evening, when the humidity level had become very high and the conditions of the field gradually started to get worse (as happened in recent days after a certain time), the 35-year-old is called to return to the Arena to face his challenge.
of the round of 16. Opposite to number one on the main draw Pablo Carreno Busta, the Sanremo player just played three games (all lost) before the final and right decision was taken to postpone the end of the match to Friday, given the impracticable playing surface conditions.
Fabio Fognini criticizes the ATP Napoli board: “A serious lack”
Through his Instagram account, Fabio expressed his opinion on how the situation was handled: “Thursday evening I took the field for the second match of the day and at the end of the warm-up I asked for the intervention of the supervisor, because I wanted him to verify the conditions of the court.
It was very slippery and nevertheless I was denied this possibility. The supervisor showed up after two games and then stopped the game at the end of the third. Why this delay? This is a serious shortcoming of the ATP tour in a week which is already very complex.
See you all on Friday anyway, I’ll wait for you all on the court!” This is what the Italian wrote on social media. The story definitely penalized the player born in 1987: in fact, he will resume playing with the Spaniard already two breaks ahead (3-0 ) in the first set.
Fognini will try to recover to give himself another success in Naples and access to the quarter-finals. ATP Napoli has had many problems, both regarding the playing surfaces and the reception for many players, receiving harsh criticism from many tennis players, who have not thought twice about expressing their opinions on social media.