Rafael Nadal gets snubbed with court scheduling at the French Open

[sbengte]

The French don't like Simon. They've booed him in the past. Nice try.

They don't like one of their own and they obviously looove Nadal. Tell me more.

 

[TennisLovaLova]

Yeah, I'd like to know the source too because it certainly hasn't been reported anywhere on the web that I've seen and I've been surfing around a lot. The only rumour I've seen is that, like Murray, he asked to play on Tuesday as he always likes to get in as much practice as possible before his first match but RG, as per their usual shabby treatment of Rafa, said no to him but yes to Murray.

source: a french journalist on twitter (not Carole Bouchard), confirmed later by Christopher Clary's tweet: http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2014/05/26/actualidad/1401055515_953645.html

 

[bullfan]

They don't like one of their own and they obviously looove Nadal. Tell me more.

Well, if you weren't paying attention last year to the booing of Simon, I can't help you.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Nadal is off to the second round in the FO! Nadal is mad! Better for him to play that way!

0,1,0 over American - Robbie Ginepri!

Go RAFA!

 

[sdfedfans]

source: a french journalist on twitter (not Carole Bouchard), confirmed later by Christopher Clary's tweet: http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2014/05/26/actualidad/1401055515_953645.html

This seems like a plausible explanation because it seems very strange that the schedulers would choose to put Djokovic over Nadal on Chatrier just to disrespect him.

Anyway I doubt Rafa cares, he has his match on Lenglen out of the way and now he will probably be on Chatrier for the rest of the tournament.

 

[Start da Game]

fraudereracione francais de tenis are butthurt clowns who are tired of watching the spaniard win......spain have always dominated france and switzerland in sports and made their lives miserable at international sporting stages......nadal is one such spanish specimen who takes home a cheque of 2 million dollars every year from france's biggest tennis center......

 

[TennisLovaLova]

On the other hand, it's great for those who can't afford central court tickets. Because basically, if you have let's say 2 days free to go to Roland Garros, and want to see your favorite player, you have to purchase BOTH chatrier and lenglen tickets (and buy them really early) to be sure 100% to watch him play. And this is without day/night session issues you can face in other tournaments...

 

[booson]

Are you that naive? How could the ITF (after all, they're in command at the slams) made that move against Nadal? It was Nadal's own request. For more rest time and more favorable playing conditions for him.

 

[vernonbc]

On the other hand, it's great for those who can't afford central court tickets. Because basically, if you have let's say 2 days free to go to Roland Garros, and want to see your favorite player, you have to purchase BOTH chatrier and lenglen tickets (and buy them really early) to be sure 100% to watch him play. And this is without day/night session issues you can face in other tournaments...

Lenglen was half full of Roland Garros guests - club presidents or something according to one of the explanations sent out - and when the OOP was released showing Rafa was playing there the rest of the tickets sold out immediately while there were still lots of tickets for Chatrier. It's not so great for many many Rafa fans, a lot of whom traveled a long way to see him play, and now can't get a ticket for Lenglen and are stuck with expensive tickets for a couple of guys they least want to see. I'm sure the ones that stuck around enjoyed the Wawrinka match though. Hahahahaha! :lol:

 

[Towser83]

Just seen his after match interview on Eurosport, no moaning about the court choice (unlike Serena Williams some years back) like a true champion he doesn't care that much. I do think they should have put him on the main court though, but not a huge snub,

 

[bullfan]

No snub. Rafa is a crowd sellout, bottom line. Only Fed and Rafa on men's side have that star power.

 

[FreeBird]

The crowd at Djokovic's match today.

Meanwhile, Lenglen is full before Rafa's match has even started.

I knew that some butthurt Nadal fan girl is going to cherry pick (in your case, a snapshot just after rain break) . Therefore in advance, I recorded the whole video to refute your claim..
During Novak's match, Stadium was full. Wilander even pointed out saying that he was amazed that how the stadium was virtually full despite the rain break. Fans left after Novak's match (there were no spectators in Wawa's match). Get over it and stop spreading false stories to console yourself.. :lol:

No snub. Fed is a crowd sellout, bottom line. Only Fed on men's side has that star power.

Corrected for you.

 

[LazyNinja19]

^LOL. Good one Freebird! How do you record the matches btw?

 

[FreeBird]

^LOL. Good one Freebird! How do you record the matches btw?

Sopcast HD streams and you have the option to record it. They have HD tennis streams for two courts (ranging from 1.5 MBPS to 3.5 MBPS) and I was using both simultaneously.

 

[JustBob]

Nadal complained about Chatrier being "unstable" prior to the start of the tournament. He should be happy the organizers put him on Lenglen.