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LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Nadal believes it was a mistake to close the roof of Center Court by losing an epic semifinal of Wimbledon against rival Novak Djokovic on Saturday, July 14.
Nadal was defeated 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11/9), 3-6, 10-8 in the second longest semifinal ever played at the tournament, at 5 am and 5 pm minutes.
Kevin Anderson needed 6 hours and 36 minutes to defeat John Isner on Friday
who set the tournament's longest semifinal record and became the second longest Grand Slam single.
It also meant that Djokovic and Nadal had been unable to finish their 52nd career match on Friday night
Their semi-final started under the roof and ended under Saturday's roof despite the clear blue sky. temperatures hover around 30 degrees.
When asked when it made sense to close the roof, the world's number one said, "No. B I will not talk about that anymore.
"If I talk about it, then you will write about it, and I do not want you to write about it today."
Nadal, 2008 and 2010 Champion, he was playing his first semifinal at the All England Club since he was second in Djokovic in 2011.
He thinks his semifinal should have been played before the Anderson-Isner game on Friday. 19659002] This semi-final ended just before 8 pm, preventing Nadal and Djokovic from finishing before the 11 pm curfew.
"It's true that the schedule was a little tight knowing that the first match was between two big waiters," says the 32-year-old man
"Of course, you can not predict that you're going to have a big game. they play so long.
"But yes, knowing that, maybe it would be better if they play us first at 1:00, that's all." [19659014] (function (d, s, id) {
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