Rafael Nadal marches on in Paris despite bust-up with umpire
Carlos Ramos, fresh from his dust-up with Novak Djokovic on Friday (the Portuguese umpire did not like Djokovic’s “attitude from the baseline”; Djokovic told Ramos he was “losing his mind”), took on the might of Nadal while the Spaniard was marmalising Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. And Nadal did not like it, not one little bit.
Never the quickest of players between points, Nadal, pictured, often falls foul of the 20-second rule at grand slams. On the regular tour, players are given 25 seconds between points; at the four major tournaments, that is reduced to 20 seconds. Either way, Nadal’s full range of tics and twitches takes much longer than that as he prepares to serve.
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