The complaint of. has become a case Raul Brancaccio after the elimination from the ATP 125 in Naples of insults and threats from fringes of fans in the stands during the match played and lost against the French Herbert. According to him, they would have shouted at him “to double fault” and also “to lose” because of the live betting bet on his opponent’s victory. Meanwhile, after the solidarity of the big names in national (but also international) tennis received from Jannik Sinner, Matteo Berrettini And Andrea Vavassorithe tennis player from Torre del Greco also collected that of Filippo Volandri, captain of Davis blue, who called him in these hours to express his personal closeness and that of all Italian tennis, as director of the men’s technical sector of Federtennis. Federtennis which in turn has moved to shine a light on what is really happening in Naples in these days of dispute of the Napoli Cup.
Yesterday the Neapolitan player had reported it cheering against the home crowd for live betting. The phenomenon, as underlined today by the Federation, has been known for some time: the case of bettors who “interfere” with the cheering on the players on the pitch to direct their bets did not only occur in Naples and, to be precise, in Naples not only against Raul Brancaccio. For this reason, the president of Fitp, Angelo Binaghi, spoke to the president of the Tennis Club of Naples, Riccardo Villari, and the ATP «to activate all measures capable of stemming these cases». In particular, according to what emerged today the ATP – the Association of Tennis professionals – has put its dedicated task force into action, in the event of a clear presence of live bettors in the stands. An implication also concerns the organizers of the Neapolitan Challenger: the Neapolitan Tennis Club has contacted the police for possible interventions to stop behavior considered “intolerable” beyond the powers already granted to the chair judge and tournament supervisor in the event that cheering exceeds the “tolerable” limits.
In the meantime, the tournament continued today with theFabio Fognini also leaves the scene. The Ligurian tennis player, seeded number 4, surrendered to the French Arthur Gea, comeback winner 4-6 6-2 6-4 after two hours and 24 minutes of play. Quarters reached by Francesco Passaro, who prevailed 7-6(6) 0-6 6-4 in the Italian derby with Stefano Napolitano: next opponent, the Frenchman Ugo Blanchet. Francesco Maestrelli and Franco Agamenone stop instead, defeated by the French Pierre-Hugues Herbert (the one who beat Brancaccio), eighth seeding force (6-4 3-6 6-3), and Matteo Martineau (3-6 7-6 6-2).
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