Tennis star Novak Djokovic has expressed his dissatisfaction with the way Rafael Nadal’s retirement ceremony was organized.
Recall that in 2024, Nadal called time on his remarkable career after Spain’s surprise 2-1 quarter-final loss to the Netherlands in the first knockout round at the 2024 Davis Cup Finals in November.
However, Djokovic in an interview with Tennis 365, stated that he and Andy Murray had planned to attend Spain’s semi-final tie as they were unable to be present for the quarter-finals
“I don’t know the exact details as to how they envisioned the ceremony, but I know that the plan was to do it after the semis, if Spain were to go through,” the 37-year-old told the Serbian media.
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“Murray and I planned to be there, we couldn’t fit the quarter-finals in our schedule, but we were a sure thing for the semis.
“Unfortunately, it turned out the way it did, what are you gonna do? More than that, I don’t really know.
“I saw the video [of the ceremony]. I don’t know, I don’t know if Rafa maybe didn’t want to make too much of a fuss about it in order not to bother other teams, matches… I don’t know, to be honest, but I feel bad that I wasn’t there.
“We were together on the court in Riyadh, that was the moment, a nice moment. I saw him play at Roland Garros, we played each other at the Olympics… The ceremony, if you want my opinion, wasn’t done properly.”
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