Why berdych didnt shake hands

With very few options because he was on the run, Almagro tried to whip a ball cross court. It ended up hitting Berdych in the arm. Almagro put his hand up to indicate he was sorry, and he tried to tell Berdych the shot was unintentional.

Berdych wanted no part of the apology. Almagro won the next game but Berdych won the tiebreak to take the match. The crowd, which cheered him after the win, quickly changed to boos. He has lost the nine encounters since and knows it will be difficult to end that sequence. He deserves to be in the position that he is, maybe even higher. So for me it's going to be extremely tough. Berdych booed off court for not shaking hands.

Greg Stutchbury , Jan 23 Of all the pieces in this mental chess match, that is the one to watch. Until the handshake, of course. Roger Federer versus Juan Martin del Potro. This will mark Federer's 1,th tour match, a milestone that comes against the most accomplished member of the upcoming generation: del Potro, the U.

Open champion and the only player in the past six years to break the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic stranglehold on the majors. That means serious danger for Federer, because del Potro's emphatic victory in the previous round indicated that he is fully firing once again after his wrist problems. The meeting is expected to be closer to their famous five-set meeting in the U. Open final than their last meeting in Melbourne, when Federer floated to a , , victory in the quarterfinals. Del Potro hedged on his chances, saying, "I only won three games last time, so if this time is something different and I win more games is going to be OK for me.

Don't be fooled: This match is not expected to be anything like a rerun. I can guarantee you that," Federer said. He really came through convincingly in the last two, especially. And, yeah, we know the firepower. Federer has been on a roll since the U. Open and looked sharp against Bernard Tomic in the previous round, but may have to play even better to contain Delpo, who will likely swing freely and who happens to be one of the few players who can hit Federer off the court.

That won't leave Federer much time to think about No. Caroline Wozniacki versus Kim Clijsters. There were some big words from Caroline Wozniacki coming into this match. If I do, Kim really needs to play well to beat me. But the biggest factor will likely be the state of Clijsters' ankle. She twisted it during her fourth-round match but somehow found a way to play on it and saved four match points to get through. Apparently, Berdych thinks that people should focus on the outcome not just what happened afterwards, according to ABC News:.

It was pretty tight match, and I think it's more about the game than just this story. Maybe you should have thought of that before you decided not to show respect for the sport.