PARIS — Tommy Paul was happy to come back again to win his first-round match on the French Open on Sunday, after all, however maybe not as thrilled as he was to debate regaining the truck that was repossessed again house in Florida when he unintentionally 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 gentle 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 modify the automated funds for his Ford F-150.
“I missed I believe it was like three funds,” Paul stated. “They got here and took it. I did not comprehend it occurred like that. I did not know the way fast they might come and seize it — like in the course of the evening. Now I am watching all these repo reveals, 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 verify his safety digital camera 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 am like, ‘What the hell is occurring? There is a tow truck coming and taking my automobile!’ I assumed it was stolen at first,” he stated.
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.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.