Gonzalez encouraged bad crowd behaviour, says Zabaleta
Gonzalez encouraged bad crowd behaviour, says Zabaleta
Tue Feb 8, 2005 12:02 PM GMT
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Argentine Mariano Zabaleta has accused Chile's
Fernando Gonzalez of encouraging bad crowd behaviour in the BellSouth Open in V
ina del Mar last week.
"He broke the codes of tennis, because you can't do what he did," Zabaleta told
the Argentine news agency Telam.
"There's no need to generate violence or the resentment of the public against a
visitor to win a match."
Gonzalez, men's Olympic doubles gold medallist, beat Zabaleta in front of a par
tisan crowd in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Zabaleta, who is seeded eighth for this week's ATP event in Buenos Aires, said
the Chilean public had been disrespectful and insulted him.
"(They insulted) my coach, my physiotherapist and a friend of mine," said Zabal
eta, who played in the 2001 Davis Cup tie in Chile which was suspended because
of crowd trouble.
"These things don't happen in Argentina, people encourage the home players but
without disrespecting the visiting player."
"I wanted to play Gonzalez (in Buenos Aires) because we could have met in the q
uarter-finals, but it appears he can't be bothered if the crowd aren't in his f
avour," Zabaleta added.
Gonzalez, who lost the BellSouth final to Argentina's French Open champion Gast
on Gaudio, has pulled out of Buenos Aires with a thigh muscle strain.
Zabaleta beat Spaniard Alex Calatrava 6-3 6-2 in his first round match on Monda
y.
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