PARIS — Tommy Paul was happy to return again to win his first-round match at the French Open on Sunday, after all, 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 Court docket Simonne-Mathieu on a day that alternated a lightweight 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 regulate the automated funds for his Ford F-150.
“I missed, I feel it was, like three funds. They got here and took it. I didn’t understand it occurred like that. I didn’t know the way fast they’d come and seize it — like in the course of the evening,” Paul mentioned. “Now I’m watching all these ‘repo’ reveals, the place they arrive in and swoop vehicles at 1 within the morning. It’s 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 examine 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 by means of the video, the 28-year-old American who grew up in New Jersey noticed what occurred.
“I’m like, ‘What the hell is happening? There’s a tow truck coming and taking my automotive!’ I assumed 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.”
