The bad gesture of the Italian Federation with Seppi in retreat

In a year marked by the goodbyes of Serena Williams and Roger Federer in the world of tennis, one of the great Italian tennis rackets of the last 20 years, Andreas Seppi will also hang up his racket at the end of the season at the age of 38.

However, unlike what happened with Serena and Federer, The farewell of Seppi, one of the few players who can boast of having beaten Nadal and Federer at least once (although not Djokovic) and having won three ATP titles, may not be as brilliant as expected, as the Italian will retire in an ATP Challenger Tournament Tour in Ortisei (October 24-30) with no chance to do so in an ATP Tour tournament.

Through a story on his Instagram account, Seppi blames the Italian Tennis Federation for this, as he hoped to receive an invitation to the ATP Tour tournaments in Florence and Naples. “I would have liked to have played in the tournaments in Florence and Naples in my retirement from professional tennis, but unfortunately the Italian Tennis Federation did not allow me, saying that ‘giving an invitation to a retired tennis player would have been a waste'”.

After not receiving an invitation to any of these tournaments, Seppi announced that the Ortisei Challenger will be his last tournament in an Instagram post. “It has been a difficult season, especially if we talk about my physical condition. Many injuries and little continuity. I understood that my body cannot resist certain efforts and I have decided that the Ortisei tournament will be my last as a professional ”. A publication in which the Australian Open and tennis players such as Ivan Ljubicic, John Isner and Roger Federer coach Severin Luthi They took the opportunity to pay tribute to him for his career and wish the best for the future to one of the reference points of Italian tennis in recent years.