Filed under: Australian Open, ATP
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- "Vamos!" shouted the Indian doubles player. His Spanish-speaking opponents were clearly not amused.Tennis etiquette was put aside during a heated doubles match between India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi and Spain's Feliciano Lopez, who was playing with Juan Monaco of Argentina.
The No. 3-seeded Indian pair won the second-round match 7-6 (2), 6-4. Match officials stepped in to calm the players after the match, when the two teams approached the net, arguing and angrily gesticulating. The losing team then snubbed the Indians
by not shaking both their hands.
Lopez later told reporters that Paes was "trying to provoke us all the time."
"At one point, we were a little bit tired of the style he was using on the court, and that's all that happened," Lopez said.
Lopez did not specify which point, but the Indians say he intentionally hit a serve aimed at Paes, who jumped out of the way to avoid being hit.
Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2011/01/22/doubles-drama-australian-open-leander-paes-feliciano-lopez/
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