{"id":81997,"date":"2021-06-07T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T18:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=81997"},"modified":"2021-06-07T21:01:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:01:52","slug":"rafa-takes-aim-at-organisers-over-daytime-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=81997","title":{"rendered":"Rafa takes aim at organisers over daytime lights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The glare of the showcase court at the French Open can be intense, even for Rafael Nadal.<\/p>\n

The 13-time Roland Garros champion was unhappy Monday that the stadium lights were on when he played his late-afternoon match against Jannik Sinner. Nadal said he was bothered by the combination of sunshine, shadows and the artificial lights, which were installed before last year's tournament.<\/p>\n

Nadal said he was told the lights were on for television.<\/p>\n

"My answer is we used to have TV before," Nadal said. "I saw plenty of matches here on TV, and the quality of the image was great without the lights."<\/p>\n

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Despite the distraction, Nadal won 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinals and extend his streak of sets won at Roland Garros to 35.<\/p>\n

Nadal took a bit of time to get going before eventually seeing off Sinner in straight sets.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard's trouble lasted all of eight games and less than 45 minutes Monday before he took control, running his Roland Garros streak to 35 consecutive sets.<\/p>\n

Nadal, who turned 35 last week, trailed 5-3 early on against the 18th-seeded Jannik Sinner, who served for the first set at 5-4.<\/p>\n

"I was playing a very good player with a big future," Nadal said.<\/p>\n

But 13-time French Open champion Nadal took eight games in a row and, after a blip in the second set, resumed his excellent play and closed his win on a 10-game run.<\/p>\n

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The glare of the showcase court at the French Open can be intense, even for Rafael Nadal. The 13-time Roland Garros champion was unhappy Monday […]<\/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\/81997"}],"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=81997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81999,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81997\/revisions\/81999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}