'Corrupt' claims at umpire over Rafael Nadal time-wasting at Australian Open 'wrong, strange' - Alex Corretja
Alex Corretja has backed Rafael Nadal and the umpire after Denis Shapovalov's angry rant during their fiery quarter-final at the Australian Open. Absolutely livid at what he felt was the 2009 champion at Melbourne Park's constant time-wasting, the Canadian flew into an angry exchange with the umpire where he accused the official of being «corrupt». Ad/> With a 1-0 lead in the second set, before going on to later lose the match, Shapovalov yelled at the umpire for not handing Nadal a code violation for taking too much time between points.