PARIS — Tommy Paul was happy to return again to win his first-round match on the French Open on Sunday, in fact, however maybe not as thrilled as he was to debate regaining the truck that was repossessed again dwelling in Florida when he by chance missed some funds.
The Twelfth-seeded Paul stored on truckin’ along with his clay-court outcomes at Roland-Garros by eliminating Elmer Moller of Denmark 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 at Courtroom Simonne-Mathieu on a day that alternated a light-weight rain and heavy wind with sunshine.
Afterward, the 2023 Australian Open semifinalist defined that his vehicular adventures that arose whereas he was reaching the semifinals on the Italian Open earlier this month resulted from altering banks and forgetting to correctly alter the automated funds for his Ford F-150.
“I missed, I believe it was, like three funds. They got here and took it. I did not understand it occurred like that. I did not understand how fast they’d come and seize it — like in the midst of the night time,” Paul mentioned. “Now I am watching all these ‘repo’ exhibits, the place they arrive in and swoop vans at 1 within the morning. It is undoubtedly a humorous expertise. To be in Europe whereas it occurred is even crazier. However we did get it again.”
He discovered that the truck was gone when his coach — who was again in Florida — requested Paul to test his safety digicam footage to see whether or not there have been any packages that had been delivered to the home and wanted to be picked up.
To Paul’s shock, he recounted Sunday, “There have been no packages — and no truck.”
When he scrolled again via the video, the 28-year-old American who grew up in New Jersey noticed what occurred.
“I am like, ‘What the hell is happening? There is a tow truck coming and taking my automotive!’ I believed it was stolen at first,” he mentioned.
When he figured it out, Paul took to social media and posted the black-and-white footage of his property being towed away from his driveway, including a soundtrack of Celine Dion’s “My Coronary heart Will Go On.”
