Fabio Fognini has decided to protest quite a lot with the management of the racing program during the ATP 250 in Naples on Thursday, October 20. The Italian tennis player took the court and achieved his first victory of the week in the capital of Campania against Frenchman Hugo Grenier, defeated in three by a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
In the afternoon, when the humidity level had become very high and the conditions on the pitch were gradually getting worse (as they have been in recent days after some time), the 35-year-old is called to return to the Arena to face your challenge.
of the round of 16. Facing number one in the main draw Pablo Carreño Busta, the Sanremo player barely played three matches (all lost) before the final and correct decision was made to postpone the end of the match to Friday, given the impracticable surface conditions of play.
Fabio Fognini criticizes the ATP Napoli board: «A serious fault»
Through his Instagram account, Fabio expressed his opinion on how the situation was handled: «On Thursday night I went out on the court for the second game of the day and at the end of the warm-up I asked for the intervention of the supervisor, because I wanted him to check the conditions of the court.
It was very slippery and yet they denied me 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 lack of the ATP circuit in a week that is already very complex.
See you on Friday anyway, I’ll wait for you all on the court!», the Italian wrote on social networks. History definitively penalized the player born in 1987: in fact, he will play with the Spaniard again two breaks advantage (3-0) in the first set.
Fognini will try to recover to give himself another success in Naples and reach the quarterfinals. ATP Napoli has had many problems, both on the playing surfaces and in the reception of many players, receiving harsh criticism from many tennis players, who have not thought twice about expressing their opinions on social networks.
