Paris Masters delete their poster as fans slam them for making Nadal smaller than Kyrgios
ATP
The Paris Masters organizers got under fire from angry fans after releasing the official poster for this year's tournament.
The 2022 Paris Masters is right around the corner as the last ATP Masters 1000 event of the year is held from October 31st until November 6th and traditionally features a star-studded entry list.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal, the 21-time Grand Slam champion, Novak Djokovic, the youngest World No. 1 in men's tennis history, Carlos Alcaraz, the 2022 Wimbledon finalist, Nick Kyrgios, and also two-time Grand Slam finalist in 2022, Casper Ruud will all play at the 2022 Paris Masters.
With all the stars competing in the French capital, it was certainly a difficult task for the organizers to create a fitting poster that would promote all of these players.
But they still gave it a shot and created a picture that featured Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz, Kyrgios, Ruud, Matteo Berrettini, Gael Monfils, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
However, while the pictures used for Djokovic, Kyrgios, Alcaraz, and Berrettini were quite big and covered the majority of the poster, pictures of Nadal, Ruud, and Tsitsipas were quite small.
Fans noticed especially the difference between pictures used for Kyrgios and Nadal and slammed the tournament organizers in comments.
"Please, make Rafael f***ing Nadal smaller so he can make more space for a clown who won absolutely nothing and hasn't an inch of respect for the sport. Imagine putting NK giant size and Rafael Nadal so little one can barely recognize him."
"Interesting choice of players featured on the posters. Several of them have poor records in Paris (two of the currently out of the top 10). Top left had snubbed the tournament every year so far, but we know why he's there for sure."
"Really very strange this poster between the absence of the Russians and the fact that even with binoculars it is difficult to see Rafa really incredible."
"Rafa is way too big compared to Kyrgios who won 22 Gs… oh wait."
Soon, the tournament organizers were bombarded by many tweets and comments from fans who disagreed with their choices of pictures, and they did something quite unusual.
Although tennis fans seem to be unhappy every now and then, the organizers rarely take down their picture, but that's what happened this time.
