Tag: Controversy

There was a bit of a controversy during the match between Vika Azarenka and Serena Williams. During an important point Vika did strike a shoot on the line that Serena couldn’t put back in play. Just a fraction of seconds after the American missed her...

Roger Federer aired his displeasure when a kid entered the centre court without any problem after the Swiss won the first match at the FO  (ie. “where is the security?”) Roger was really upset also because the world no.2 had already a nasty experience in the...

After tennis, the sport that is most followed by Nadal is definitely soccer. The Spanish Legend is a huge fan of the Real Madrid and the Spanish international team; furthermore Rafa’s uncle (not Toni, but Miguel) played 8 years for Barcelona FC and he...

Rafael Nadal made many people unhappy when he openly declared to have personally requested (ie. banned) for Carlos Bernardes not to officiate his matches. Worst of all it seems that ATP has agreed with that to raise many eyebrows. Bernardes had some arguments with Nadal,...

We had a big controversy recently with Nadal asking for an umpire (Bernardes) not to officiate anymore his matches. The request came after some “quarrels” between the King of Clay and Carlos. The last one was after Bernardes gave a penalty to Rafa for a...

The Roland Garros organization hasn’t been very lucky so far this year. Roger Federer heavily complained for the lack of security on court after yesterday accident (see article), now it’s time for his “buddy” Stan Wawrinka to be upset for something worse. What happened? The Roland Garros...

Strange enough Roger Federer's opener has been stained by a kid that entered the court soon after the match asking for a selfie. Roger was visibly displeased by the accident to ask for a better security. (see article) Roger's reaction is perfectly understandable Gilbert Ysern, the...

It’s not easy being Roger Federer! Everybody wants a piece of him and sometimes that becomes stupid. Roger has just finished his match against Alejandro Falla (that was a comfortable 6-3 6-3 6-4 for the Maestro) to face a strange challenge soon after.  A kid...

Rafael Nadal is not having one of his finest years and unfortunately he hasn’t managed to achieve too much even on his beloved surface: the clay. Rafa is currently world no.7 and his rank is not expected to become any better after losing in the...

The tension during the match between Kyrgios and Federer was obviously sky high as there were many bad calls for both players. Roger exploded both on and off the court. On the court, during the change-over in the second set tie-break, Roger said: “we need...