{"id":190468,"date":"2022-01-25T05:51:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=190468"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:58:27","slug":"nadal-walks-to-net-to-shut-down-young-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=190468","title":{"rendered":"Nadal walks to net to shut down young gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal had to use all his experience as a statesman of the tour to calm a situation that was ready to explode as Canadian young gun Denis Shapovalov and chair umpire Carlos Bernardes got in a heated disagreement over the Spanish star&#x27;s pace of play at the end of the first set of their quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal closed out the first set 6-3 and Shapovalov was left peeved at the time the veteran Spaniard was taking in between points ahead of the second set.<\/p>\n<p>Shapovalov approached umpire Bernardes prior to the first game of the set and urged him to call Nadal for a time violation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE UPDATES: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2022-live-results-scores-day-9-ash-barty-nick-kyrgios-rafael-nadal-gael-monfils\/43339a18-3753-425d-8053-bdf9660b5ea8\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kyrgios, Kokkinakis ignite fiery doubles quarter-final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/olympic-gymnastics-champion-szilveszter-csollany-dies-after-covid19-infection\/5dd8d712-256a-4208-89cf-cdd6c82f6cf1\"><strong>Former Olympic gymnastics champion dies from COVID-19<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-news-the-mole-newcastle-knights-reece-walsh-curtis-scott\/c8fe8c5b-1b0b-4bdc-8fd8-35d176b0f980\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Junior boxing champ shock contender for Newcastle Knights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6293468778001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/01\/407288\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Nadal leaves opponent fuming\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckytlylbr00430jmqlkbol7ed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Started the clock so long ago and he&#x27;s still not ready to play. You&#x27;ve gotta call him,&quot; the Canadian told the Brazilian official.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes later, after Shapovalov won his first service game of the second set, the Canadian gestured to the umpire with eight seconds left on Nadal&#x27;s shot clock, only this time Bernardes was not having any of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stream every match, every court of the Australian Open live and free on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9now.com.au\/australian-open-tennis?ocid=nine.com.au-9now-a30468-australianopen\"><strong><em>9Now<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shapovalov:<\/strong> He&#x27;s not ready to play!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bernardes:<\/strong> You&#x27;re not ready either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shapovalov:<\/strong> What do you mean I&#x27;m not ready to play?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bernardes:<\/strong> Because you&#x27;re coming to talk to me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shapovalov:<\/strong> You guys are all corrupt&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bernardes:<\/strong> You have eight seconds to play, what do you want? Why are you looking at me like you have to watch, you have the shot clock for this.<\/p>\n<p>After the heated exchange with the chair umpire, Shapovalov and Nadal met at the net to discuss what was annoying the young Canadian so much.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"64de9e7b-b44d-4242-a63e-86ab698a89a9\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/64de9e7b-b44d-4242-a63e-86ab698a89a9\" alt=\"Denis Shapovalov and Rafael Nadal\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Rafa walked up with authority as if to say, &#x27;Now son, come here&#x27; and put his hand out gently as to say, &#x27;We don&#x27;t have issues. You just get back there and play and we&#x27;ll get it all done&#x27;,&quot; Todd Woodbridge said on commentary for Nine.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was like a senior defusing moment. A lot of other players would&#x27;ve gone a lot hotter a lot quicker than Rafa did.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Shapovalov was criticised for his move by US tennis great Jim Courier, who said the 22-year-old was &quot;out of order&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6293469697001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/01\/407298\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Shapovalov rages as Rafa grabs break\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckytndn2p003v0jmr96cuinuk\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The shot clock was at seven and he had his hands up in the air like Nadal was doing something wrong,&quot; he said on Nine&#x27;s coverage.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Here we go, a conversation between the two players, we don&#x27;t see that too often do we?<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Shapovalov has no business putting his hands up in the air when there&#x27;s still time on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If the clock&#x27;s zero, then he should say, &#x27;Bernardes, call it&#x27;. 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