First, when starting the second set, the world number 14 complained that Nadal had taken too much time to be ready to receive and serve. He asked the Brazilian referee, Carlos Bernardes punished Nadal.
However, Shapovalov's request is not implemented. After that, he returned to his yard and warmly said: “You are all rotten floods.”
Not stopping there, at the beginning of Nadal's next serve game, Shapovalov continued to confirm that the 2009 champion had taken too much time, but this time, it seemed that he looked at the wrong clock.
Certain inhibitions have made Shapovalov lose confidence and lose easily in the first 2 sets. He removed 2-2 in the following 2 sets but with seasoned experience, Rafael Nadal still left the field with a dramatic 3-2 victory.
After the battle, Shapovalov had the opportunity to put anger on the referee team. When asked in the press conference whether Nadal was treated more and not, Shapovalov said: “Of course. 100% he has been favored. 100%.”
“Every other match that I played, the speed took place very quickly because the indicators were updated after each point. Today, after the first two sets, it's as long as an hour and a half. Because he has been too much after each point.”
Shapovalov also said that Nadal deliberately turned tricks when he was abdominal pain at the time he was excited. Because it cut off his sublimation circuit, making Shapovalov more inhibited.
“He has too much time between sets. For the same reason, while I was not allowed to go to the toilet last year at Australian Open.”
“I don't argue about whether he gets sick or any problem, you know. But how can you be assessed between pain and toilet at the same time. It only causes too much delay in the game? I mean, it's not fair.”
