Cape Town - South African tennis fans have called out Computicket after failing to secure tickets for the much-anticipated Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal 'Match in Africa'.
The match, to be played at Cape Town Stadium on Friday, February 7, 2020 was SOLD OUT in just over 10 minutes on Wednesday.
The match will help raise funds for the Roger Federer Foundation's educational programmes in Africa.
Hundreds of South Africans were left irate and confused as they could not purchase tickets either online or in-store.
The tickets ranged from R150 to R1 950.
We included some of their responses below:
Utter nonsense !! 50k tickets in ten min when I’m on a 200mb fiber line and entered the waiting room in seconds !? Sorry Computicket but come up with a believable story. Your Brand was tarnished today
— Danny K (@dannykmusic) September 4, 2019
Dear @rogerfederer, my mom is a huge fan of yours & her only dream was to see you play live. She's 66 yo. Unfortunately due to the very antique method of ticket selling, we were in the online queue for over 20mins & tickets are now sold out. Please help me help her ?? pic.twitter.com/LAVMQ1IWO1
— Marisa Calvert (@justReesie) September 4, 2019
Sold to who?? No one I know got tickets. Your servers are useless!!
— James King (@magicpeanut29) September 4, 2019
Kindly jump in a bin. This is absolutely disgusting. Did all the tickets get bough beforehand by companies or something. Unbelievable
— Venay Singh FTW! (@Singhfellas) September 4, 2019
This is certainly not the truth of the matter @Computicket and this is going to the media for investigation. I would like to know how many public tickets were actually made available vs corporate and pre-selling through various channels and touts. @rogerfederer
— Nick Durrant (@nick_durrant) September 4, 2019
@Computicket
— Claire Botha (@claire_botha) September 4, 2019
I was on from 8:45 watching the timer go down for 15 mins and was immediately put into the waiting area at 09:00:01. Where did your tickets go? HOW?! @rogerfederer @RafaelNadal
Line just now at Computicket Rosebank. This whole thing was a mess pic.twitter.com/97rhVRWhUc
— Tom D. Harry (@TomHarry1878) September 4, 2019
I think that we should report you to the organisers and the foundation because there is something not right here.
— Rani Genis (@RaniNaidoo) September 4, 2019
BS! 50 000 tickets in 10min? Come on! I went straight into the waiting area at 9h. Epic fail @Computicket
— Tiaan Rossouw (@TiaanRo) September 4, 2019
Absolute joke.. I click that "book now" on 3 screens at 9am,all took me to waiting area when I went to suffer for 10 mins and then got kicked out to say it's sold out..
— Regan Beukes (@reganbeukes) September 4, 2019
I think they just can't handle their shit and this is easier... Aaaarrrggghhh...
I will say this again.....had 3 tickets in my basket, was directed to payment....submitted, and bombed out. Go back, sold out. This is unbelievable!!!!! Shocking
— Martin Nel (@martypaarl) September 4, 2019
I smell corruption. These tickets are going to reappear at three times the price.
— Nomfundo (@Nomfund0) September 4, 2019
Its amateur hour in Africa again @rogerfedererfdn @rogerfederer @RafaelNadal clear corruption around your wonderful initiative people who want to watch and support have been shunted. So disappointed as a fan of tennis. #matchinafrica
— Luther Layman (@boywonder1939) September 4, 2019
You probably reserve the tickets for your friends and family
— pieter (@pikes16) September 4, 2019
LAME! i was refreshing since 08:50. Clicked as soon as it hit 9 and immediately got sent to a waiting area. Now it's sold out. ?? pic.twitter.com/jmb1qPcWxH
— Tatum ?? (@Call_Me_Taytie) September 4, 2019
