World number 13 Roberto Bautista Agut became the latest tennis player to attract the ire of Australia, after a video emerged of the Spaniard describing hotel quarantine conditions in Australia to ‘jail… with Wi-Fi’.
‘These people have no idea about tennis, about practice courts, about anything. It’s a complete disaster because of that,’ Bautista Agut said in the video, originally broadcast on Israeli TV Sport 5.
However, the story has taken a bizarre twist, with Bautista Agut claiming his comments were leaked, and not part of an interview, in an apology post on Twitter.
Tennis journalist Simon Briggs believes Bautista Agut was speaking to his one-time agent Amit Naor, who was sacked by sports agency Creative Artists Agency in 2017 over alleged sexual harassment allegations.
Larry1950
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Typo: Australia 24,000 cases
Larry1950
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It’s always ‘taken out of context’ with these self-absorbed athletes. Here’s context: Spain: 2.4M cases 54,000 deaths, Australia 54,000 cases 900 deaths.
Rob
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I've always said tennis players are the biggest spoiled brats in world sport and this last week has just confirmed that. These guys will be making a minimum of 100k if they lose in the first round and are still complaining about their situation. People all over the world have lost jobs, businesses and loved ones and these guys are still complaining that they have to stay in a hotel room for two weeks to make 100k. They are so out of touch with the rest of the world it isn't funny.