Towing Controversy Thickens as Tommy Paul Explains Missing ‘Million Calls’ Before Truck Repossession

Despite having been a bit inconsistent throughout the season so far, Tommy Paul’s incredible fight against Jannik Sinner on his SF run at the Italian Open caught the eyes of several in the tennis world. However, after reaching the SF in Rome, Paul shared a very interesting update about one of his most beloved possessions. He revealed, “On court, everything has been going pretty well. Off court, a little bit of a stressful week.” But why? Well, the tennis star claimed, “I got my truck repossessed. I missed a couple of payments and they took my truck from my house this week. I’ve been grinding to get my truck back. If you know me, that’s my baby.” Paul said he has been “grinding” to reclaim his repossessed truck (Ford F-150 truck), as he then needed to pay around $1,000 more to secure the vehicle’s return. How did all these things happen? Did Ford reach out to Paul before taking this massive step?

With a career prize money exceeding $10 million, Tommy Paul added around $325,200 to his earnings with his SF run at the Italian Open. Shortly after sharing this update, he humorously confirmed that one of his trainers was en route to retrieve the truck. “I already paid it back. A grand. I have my trainer going to pick it up today. Ford took it back. I’m excited to get it back. I had to win a couple of matches so I could pay that off.” Now, in the recent episode of the Nothing Major Podcast, John Isner had a FaceTime with Paul on the live podcast. In that podcast, the tennis star shared more details about what had exactly happened that day.

Confirming the return of his most beloved possession, Paul said, “We got it back, Frank went and picked it up.” Then he was asked why he didn’t have automatic payments on. Replying to that, Tommy Paul revealed, “I switched over to Goldman Sachs and didn’t set up the auto payment, and like you know I was getting a bunch of calls from Ford and I missed like six calls from them. And then I answered one and they were like ‘Oh, like we have a promotion available.’” Over that call, they offered him to trade his truck, and in reply to that, he said, “I’m not interested.“

Further revealing the whole incident, he added, “Then I kept getting like a million calls. I thought they were trying to get me to this promotion, but really, they were just trying to get payments. Yeah, I’m talking to Franco, and Franco’s like, ‘Oh, like check if you have any packages at your house, I’ll go pick them up, and I check the cameras. There’s no package and no truck!” Hearing this, Isner asked him, when did it get towed? “It was midnight, I couldn’t believe it. So, sneaky, right? I only had I think, 800 or 400 bucks left to pay for this car. I owned like 99% of the car…“

Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 9, 2024 Tommy Paul of the U.S. during his quarter final match against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Seeing this bizarre incident just ahead of his match against Jannik Sinner, WTA legend, jokingly said, “Maybe someone needs to tell him they are taking his house before his match against Sinner if he needs extra motivation.” However, despite that little extra push of motivation, he failed to seal the victory against the Italian on his special day. But he did manage to find some positivity and happiness ahead of the French Open. How?

Tommy Paul’s girlfriend, Lorenze Paige, was spotted celebrating the tennis star’s birthday

Soon after turning 28, Tommy Paul got knocked out at the hands of Jannik Sinner. The world number one defeated him by 1-6,6-0,6-3, but at the end of that defeat, the Italian revealed how Paul stunned him at the early phase of that match. So, that’s perhaps one big positive takeaway from that defeat ahead of his Roland Garros campaign. Speaking about the first set, Sinner said, “He broke me straight away, so that was a punch to my face, but I tried to stay there.”

Despite the loss, Paul’s girlfriend, Paige, didn’t forget to make the day for her beau. She shared a few glimpses of their vacation on her IG story. In the first picture, she shared a picture of Tommy Paul with the caption, “it’s tommy day!!!” Then, in another one, Paul was seen with his pet horse, and Paige captioned it with, “I love you so much! @tommypaul.“

Other than these, she also shared a picture where Paul was seen cooking burgers for his girlfriend, it was captioned, “your special talent (making burgers).” That’s not all! She also shared glimpses of their skiing session where Tommy Paul was spotted struggling a bit to balance himself on snow with the caption, “I can’t believe I didn’t get the ick from this true love.“

Talking about positivity, well, throughout the Italian Open, Tommy Paul’s hard-hitting ability was full-on display. Recently, during a conversation with Daria Kasatkina, Victoria Azarenka was asked who she thinks hits the ball harder, Aryna Sabalenka or Tommy Paul. Well, talking about her compatriot, she said, “She’s (Sabalenka) strong too. There are two ways of looking at it, heaviness and speed, and I think there are people who can play faster, but not as heavy. Aryna plays heavy… and fast.“

At times, Azarenka is also seen practicing with Paul, and she was even spotted supporting him from the stands at the Madrid Open. So, speaking about Paul, she said, “Tommy plays forehand can be heavy, backhand fast, backhand is not that heavy. Forehand can be heavy.” Paul has had some nervy moments in the last few days, but these praises from Sinner and Azarenka could perhaps boost his confidence a bit ahead of the French Open. Do you think he has a chance at the Roland Garros this year?

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