{"id":33897,"date":"2021-02-11T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=33897"},"modified":"2021-02-11T19:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:58:29","slug":"too-much-tequila-rafa-claps-back-at-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=33897","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Too much tequila?&#039;: Rafa claps back at fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Radael Nadal has given his thoughts on the chaotic scenes that saw a spectator escorted out of his second-round Australian Open clash after they attacked the World No.2 in a sensational expletive tirade.<\/p>\n<p>Rod Laver Arena went into meltdown during Nadal&#x27;s straight sets victory over Michael Mmoh <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/rafael-nadal-fan-ejected-australian-open\/457598c4-f564-42fe-84bb-2637f8401ccc\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"when a female spectator was booted from the venue late in the second set\">when a female spectator was booted from the venue late in the second set<\/a> after appearing to call Nadal a &quot;w&#8211;ker&quot; and gave him the finger.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal was all smiles during the &quot;chaos&quot;, as Aussie tennis great John Fitzgerald put it, but during his post-match press conference, poked some light fun at the unruly fan.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t know, maybe she took too much gin or tequila? I don&#x27;t know,&quot; Nadal said to reporters when quizzed over the bizarre scenes.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"969a5530-45a4-48b4-b48e-f5c44bb9ebf7\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/969a5530-45a4-48b4-b48e-f5c44bb9ebf7\" alt=\"Unruly fan attacks Rafa in bizarre tirade. (Nine)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;But honestly was strange situation, but, yeah, funny at the same time. You know, sometimes there is people for everything around the world.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;For me it was funny. Honestly, somebody doing the finger to me with, I don&#x27;t know the reason, but was &#8212; yeah. I was surprised, yes, but at the same time was thinking, Poor girl. Because probably she was drunk or something like this. I don&#x27;t know.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Reports from the stands suggested the woman also yelled out &quot;hurry up you OCD f&#8212;&quot; to the Spaniard while he was attempting to serve out the second set.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;A little bit of a disturbance there in the crowd,&quot; Aussie tennis great John Fitzgerald said as the madness unfolded courtside.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"cf395186-32fd-4e09-ab67-abcc56ea0dac\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/cf395186-32fd-4e09-ab67-abcc56ea0dac\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I couldn&#x27;t hear the specific language, there was a little bit of ill will between two ladies.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Well there is one lady that is getting rather animated, she might be asked to leave, actually. I think she&#x27;s having a crack at Rafa, I&#x27;m not sure why, she&#x27;s the first person I&#x27;ve seen do that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;She&#x27;s a bit inebriated I think, this is chaos. This is so unnecessary, it&#x27;s just one individual that has made a complete goose out of themselves.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The World No.2 was able to overcome the hiccup and power on to claim the match in straight sets 6-1 6-4 6-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Radael Nadal has given his thoughts on the chaotic scenes that saw a spectator escorted out of his second-round Australian Open clash after they attacked <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=33897\" title=\"&#039;Too much tequila?&#039;: Rafa claps back at fan\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33899,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33897\/revisions\/33899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}