Why did berdych not shake hands

The umpire "is probably scared of him and allowed him talk too much," Berdych said at the time. But he stressed that he blamed the umpire: "Don't do anything that I said something against Rafa. Nadal knows what that's like, having begun this tournament trying to backtrack on comments he made about Federer's position on tour matters.

This surface friction, however, may not be as important as the on-court psychology between the two, who go back to the juniors. Nadal leads their main tour head-to-head and has won the past nine matches. Berdych's last win was that controversial match in Madrid. Before that, though, the Czech had won three of their first four tour matches, and all three were played on hard courts, continuing the edge he had built up in the juniors. What changed? Nadal now plays much more aggressively, says Berdych, making it harder for the big-hitting Wimbledon runner-up to take charge of the rallies.

That's why it will be particularly important for Berdych to try to get off to a good start and build an early lead and try to trigger Nadal's old Madrid memories the tennis, not the controversy. But that will be more difficult in these conditions, with the match likely to be played on a hot day and Nadal's ball leaping off the hard court. As for Nadal, his challenge is to remain aggressive, something he can struggle with when injuries or self-doubts surface.

Of all the pieces in this mental chess match, that is the one to watch. Until the handshake, of course. Roger Federer versus Juan Martin del Potro. This will mark Federer's 1,th tour match, a milestone that comes against the most accomplished member of the upcoming generation: del Potro, the U. Open champion and the only player in the past six years to break the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic stranglehold on the majors.

That means serious danger for Federer, because del Potro's emphatic victory in the previous round indicated that he is fully firing once again after his wrist problems. The meeting is expected to be closer to their famous five-set meeting in the U. Open final than their last meeting in Melbourne, when Federer floated to a , , victory in the quarterfinals. Del Potro hedged on his chances, saying, "I only won three games last time, so if this time is something different and I win more games is going to be OK for me.

Don't be fooled: This match is not expected to be anything like a rerun. I can guarantee you that," Federer said. He really came through convincingly in the last two, especially. And, yeah, we know the firepower. Federer has been on a roll since the U. Open and looked sharp against Bernard Tomic in the previous round, but may have to play even better to contain Delpo, who will likely swing freely and who happens to be one of the few players who can hit Federer off the court.

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Maybe we both made a mistake, so it's even and that's it. The incident occurred towards the end of the match when Almagro fired a short ball directly at his opponent at close range. The seventh seed was forced to put his arm up in defence to prevent the ball hitting him in the face. The shot was legal and the Spaniard apologised straight away. But Berdych refused to shake hands with Almagro at the end which led to an eruption of vociferous booing from the crowd on Hisense Arena.

However, later the Czech revised his thoughts on the incident saying: "We don't have any problems together.