Rafael Nadal, who qualified for the round of 16 at Wimbledon on Saturday, assured that he was wrong to call Lorenzo Sonego to the net in the middle of the third set, who argued for the Italian’s pressure to close the ceiling and the shouts that he received. They bothered during the game.
The Spaniard complained in the final stretch of the match about Sonego’s behavior on the track, when he let out a scream while he was volleying and about his insistence on closing the roof.
“I think I was wrong,” Nadal said at a press conference. “I have spoken with him with total tranquility. I have exposed a situation that was happening. If he went back he wouldn’t do it again. He had told the referee before, the referee, who is one of the best, was waiting for the change to tell him something”
“We are among colleagues, who see each other every week. There are some codes within a tennis court that have to be respected. I think I was wrong to call the network and tell him things. He had to have told him at the change of sides or wait for the referee to tell him. Things have been happening during the match”, Nadal explained.
“The reality is that there was a clear direction when it came to knowing when the roof was going to close before the game. The referee had said it was going to be at the end of a set. Then it has been seen what has happened (the ceiling was closed with 4-2). When he hits the ball he lengthens the shout with 4-3 at a key moment, when he hadn’t passed during the entire game. Me when I’m volleying and my scream lengthens, it’s annoying. We cannot know if he has done it on purpose or not, ”added the Balearic.
“Throughout the match we were going to stop during the end of a set. And we have been stopped with 4-2. I don’t understand that under any circumstances. It’s surreal. I don’t know when track 1 was closed, but I get the feeling it was after ours. There has been pressure from him throughout the match,” he explained.
“There has been no bite. I have gone up to her locker room, I have apologized to her,” she said.
Regarding the match, in which he beat Sonego in three sets, Nadal stated that it was “without a doubt” his best match so far in the tournament.
“I have done much better things than the other days. I was able to play more aggressive, go to the net more. I am happy. I have made a very important effort to be here at Wimbledon. On a mental level and a physical level. I am satisfied with it. This has been a positive day because I have taken a step forward”. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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