After previous controversies, the 2022 Napoli Cup doesn't have the best reputation and that didn't improve during a first-round match between Luca Nardi and Corentin Moutet.
Luca Nardi was one of the Italian players in the draw as he received a wild-card for the 2022 Napoli Cup. In the first round, he played against Corentin Moutet from France and so it was obvious who the crowd in Naples supported.
Both the 2022 Napoli Cup and Corentin Moutet were involved in a few controversies lately and so there is no surprise that there was another one during the Frenchman's first round appearance.
While Moutet got involved in an on-court fight with his opponent, ATP 250 event in Italy faced many more problems. First, its courts were not suitable for a professional tennis event. Then, retiring Andreas Seppi didn't receive a wild-card and during the first day of the tournament, one of the players got kicked out of his room during the match.
It was a bit less dramatic during Moutet's first match against Nardi, but still the scenes were quite surprising. During the second-set tie-break, the Frenchman faked a smash to play drop shot, resulting in a very nice shot.
However, the Italian crowd that was supporting the home player didn't like that and despite Moutet apologizing to his opponent and apparently being happy about producing spectacular shot, he was showered in a boos of the Italian crowd.
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