Novak Djokovic is obviously present in Melbourne for the Australian Open, where he will face Jaime Faria this Wednesday in the second round.
He was questioned at a press conference about Rafael Nadal’s retirement ceremony during the Davis Cup in November in Malaga.
He said: “If you ask me, the ceremony was not done properly.
I don’t know the exact details of the ceremony, but I know the plan was to do it after the semi-finals, if Spain qualified.
Murray and I had planned to be there, we couldn’t fit the quarter-finals into our schedule, but we were sure we would be there for the semi-final.
Unfortunately it happened like this, what do you want to do about it?
I saw the video (of the ceremony). I don’t know, I don’t know if Rafa didn’t want to make too much of a fuss so as not to disturb the other teams, the matches… I don’t know, to be honest, but I feel bad for not having been there .
The ceremony, if you ask me, was not well done. Maybe Rafa himself wasn’t sure if he could play or not, if he could play again, and maybe it was too late to do something bigger. »
