Nadal didn't do anything bad ... it is not his fault

Rafael Nadal has been handed a £1,300 fine for receiving illegal coaching tips during his third-round Wimbledon victory over Philipp Petzschner.
Nadal won the five-set encounter, but received a warning from umpire Cedric Mourier during the final set after allegedly receiving tips from his uncle and coach, Toni Nadal.

“Sometimes in the past Toni would talk – maybe too much – and the referee or the umpire would give me advice and, if it continued, a warning, but he didn’t talk too much today in my opinion,” Nadal said after the match.

“I told him (the umpire) we’re going to talk to the supervisor and we will be doing. Toni wasn’t giving me any tip, he was only supporting me.”

But despite protests from both player and coach, the fine was announced on Monday.

“Yes, I’ve been fined. The rules are the rules,” Nadal is quoted as saying in the Sun.

http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/06/rafael-nadal-coaching-fine/

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• This is like saying a student receiving a tip from another stude -dimi- ♂ (29 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 10:42:48

• there was a special view on Toni yesterday with weird -duck_donald- ♂ (25 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 10:45:21

• Yes, everytime Nadal wanted to challenge a ball -dimi- ♂ (55 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 10:48:42

• It is CANNOT be true: everytime Nadal wanted to challenge a ball -看风景- ♂ (545 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 11:07:12