The Spaniard wanted to return the joke to his partner but had to back off when he noticed it might affect his performance. Now they are finalists.
On the eve of being again Wimbledon finalists Horacio Zeballos and his doubles partner, Spanish Marcel Granollers, joked. which almost jeopardized the performance of the duo in the semifinals, so the Iberian had to cancel him quickly. It was told in the press conference of the European, that if he persisted in his “lie” the Argentine’s nerves would be on edge at a time when nothing could be given.
“This is very good,” said the doubles player in front of the Spanish media. “I left yesterday (after qualifying for the semifinals). I went to get my bag and I glued it to the leg of the bench. Then I knew it was him,” he added.
“So I went to the physio and I told him to put my fingers in a splint, with a very large bandage. I got home and I told him: ‘I don’t know who tied the bag to me, but I tore it with force and squeezed the tendon in my hand. I asked who was in our place, but I didn’t see anyone,” said the Spaniard, making sure that Zeballos was pale.
“It’s me, it’s me”, Zeballos told me. “I’ll bear with the joke for a while, because I know it’s him, but I’ll give him something.. I couldn’t stand it all night, because I can’t sleep and now I won’t go around to play. I told him he deserved it,” said Granollers, who will be playing in his fifth Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, having not won any of the previous ones.
Zeballos and Granollers advance to the Wimbledon final
The native of Mar del Plata, together with the Spaniard, won the 6-4 and 6-3 over Germans Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz. In this way, they reached their second All England final, after having lost the battle in 2021 against Croatians Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic.
“We are very happy because we have been in a very good line since Rome, playing very well and here we had difficult games. Every day we are more comfortable, today everything has been perfect”, said the Iberian player after against. , and highlighted: “In the Grand Slams with Horacio, we achieved good results in almost all of them“.
Source: Tycsports
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