It was a case of 'Don't you know who I am?' for Rafael Nadal when...
LONDON - It was a case of “Don’t you know who I am?” for Rafael Nadal when a reporter had the temerity to question whether he deserved to be on Wimbledon’s Centre Court when women’s world number one Ash Barty had been cast off to a smaller outside arena.
However, while Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Nadal have not been away from the main two showcourts throughout these championships, Australia’s French Open champion Barty found herself relegated to Court 2 for the second time in four matches despite being the world’s top-ranked woman. “Can we predict the future or not? I am the world No 2 and I won 18 Grand Slams,” he told an amused group of reporters at news conference as he justified his billing.
“Scheduling is out of my control. I’ll play on any court I’m scheduled on,” said the 23-year-old, whose only outing on the main 15,000 seater Centre Court stage was when she played lowly-ranked British wildcard Harriet Dart on Saturday. Last week former world number one Victoria Azarenka said there is “big inequality” in the scheduling of men’s and women’s matches at tournaments.
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