Last Monday, the ATP 250 in Santiago began, the last of the South American tour on clay. In the midst of the surprising elimination of Roberto Carballés Baena in the first round, the Spanish tennis player was very upset by the state of the playing field.
After falling 3-6, 7-5 and 2-6 against Frenchman Corentin Moutet, the current number 64 in the world ranking spoke in Clay and expressed his anger: “What do you want me to tell you, that the tournament is a Shit? You can’t play on the court?” Surprised by his statements, the Canary Islander stated that the ground was sinking and he ended up with discomfort in his back, and emphasized: “This is not tennis, in the end this becomes the raffle. With fear all the time of getting injured and on top of that the ball doesn’t hit.”
In the midst of Carballés’ statements, several images of the match began to go viral on Twitter, demonstrating the terrible state of the San Carlos de Apoquindo main court. Not only could you see the holes at the bottom of the field, but videos appeared of points where the ball did not hit as it should. These things caused several complaints from the seventh seed for the Chile Open, among which were asking to change the court in the middle of the match and making a hole with his racket to demonstrate what he was saying, which led to warnings from the umpire. .
Another Spaniard also complained about the state of the fields
After beating the Italian Francesco Passaro 6-4 and 6-1, Pedro Martínez spoke at a press conference and was forceful regarding one of the striking plays of the match, in which he suffered a fall while looking for a ball. The current number 96 in the ranking assured that the track was soft, and added: “There are times you put your leg in and make a hole. You have to stop to fix it. “It gets uncomfortable and dangerous, because you can get your foot stuck like what happened to me in the fall.”
2024-02-28 12:52:55
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