Rafael Nadal shuts down ATP Finals press conference because of 'bull***t' question

Rafael Nadal fumed at a journalist during his ATP Finals press conference and blasted a question about his marriage as “bull***t.”

The world No 1 was stunned by Alexander Zverev as he fell to a 6-2, 6-4 defeat in his first round-robin tie.

He was then asked if getting wed to childhood sweetheart Xisca Perello mid-season has affected his concentration.

But the 19-time Grand Slam winner took serious offence and refused to answer any more questions in English.

“Honestly, are you asking me this? Is a serious question or is a joke? Is it serious?,” Nadal raged.

He continued: “Okay. I [am] surprised, it’s a big surprise for me you ask me this after I have been with the same girl for 15 years and having a very stable and normal life.

“Doesn’t matter if you put a ring on your finger or not. In my personal way, I am a very normal guy.

“Maybe for you was – how many years you have been with your…”

The journalist then explained how he had been married for 30 years before Nadal hit back: “And before? Ah, maybe before you were not sure. That’s why (smiling). Okay.

“Okay. We move to Spanish, because that’s bull***t. Thank you very much.”

Nadal has been struggling with a stomach injury over the last two weeks which forced him to retire before his Paris Masters semi-final.

However, he refused to blame fitness issues for his loss to Zverev.

“Oh, I had my problems after the US Open. No, no, I couldn’t make the full calendar. But is something that have not been a problem, not playing a match, honestly, in the last few years, because when I came back on the competition after a break, I always have been playing well. In Paris was – I was playing great in Paris,” he said.

“But is true that have been, after the US Open, have been some on and off in terms of my hand problems, had to stop for a couple of weeks.

“Then the abdominal, so I was not able to hold the regular practices the way that I would like.

“But in some way, I did it enough well to play much better than what I did tonight. It was a bad day today. The opponent play well. That’s it.

“We can think and we can find reasons or can find excuses, but the only excuse is, as I say before, no, he was much better than me tonight, and I was not enough good.”

source: express.co.uk