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Another Non-Handshake: Rosol and Garcia-Lopez in Bucharest
Is
Genie Bouchard
inspiring ATP players to also forgo one of tennis’s storied traditions? Probably not, but something caused the bad blood between
Guillermo-Garcia Lopez
and
Lukas Rosol
on Friday at the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy in Bucharest.
More:
Sharapova Falls, both Literally and Figuratively, in Stuttgart
Watch as Garcia-Lopez tries to peg Rosol with a smash on match point, then ignores the Czech’s attempt to shake his hand.
Only when prompted by the umpire does the Spaniard reach his hand out to Rosol, who then declines and walks back out onto the court to salute the crowd as if he’d won the match.
If you’re scoring at home, Garcia-Lopez ended Rosol’s run of two straight finals in Bucharest with a 6-4, 7-6(7) victory.
According to
this piece
(and based on Google Translate), Garcia-Lopez took offense to Rosol’s antics during the match. The Spaniard says that Rosol repeatedly complained to the umpire that Garcia-Lopez was taking too much times between points, and also that the Czech was rude during the match and was trying to intimidate him.
“He’s okay away from the court,” Garcia-Lopez said. “I don’t know why he’s like this.”
Garcia-Lopez will face
Gael Monfils
in one of Saturday’s semifinals in Bucharest, while
Daniel Gimeno-Traver
will face 21-year-old
Jiri Vesely
in the other.
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