Nalbandian denies Davis Cup row
Friday, 28 November 2008
David Nalbandian has denied claims that he rowed with team-mates as Argentina lost to Spain in the Davis Cup final, reports BBC.
Nalbandian won his team's only point as they crashed 3-1 in Mar del Plata.
He and Agustin Calleri lost the crucial doubles tie Saturday and there were reports that the pair later squared up in the changing room.
"It really hurts the players when people say things that aren't true," Nalbandian, 26, told a news conference Monday.
"I heard it throughout the media. Nobody saw anything. Nobody was in the locker room. Nobody knows what happened, and that's what bothers me.
"That without knowing what happened from the inside, or from outside, wherever it was, and to do harm to all involved.
"And afterwards we have to definitively come out and defend ourselves."
The world number 11, who has a record of 27 wins and nine defeats in the Davis Cup, insisted that rumours he was considering quitting the Argentina team were untrue.
"It bothers me that people have questioned whether I'm continuing with the Davis Cup or not," he said.
Nalbandian won his team's only point as they crashed 3-1 in Mar del Plata.
He and Agustin Calleri lost the crucial doubles tie Saturday and there were reports that the pair later squared up in the changing room.
"It really hurts the players when people say things that aren't true," Nalbandian, 26, told a news conference Monday.
"I heard it throughout the media. Nobody saw anything. Nobody was in the locker room. Nobody knows what happened, and that's what bothers me.
"That without knowing what happened from the inside, or from outside, wherever it was, and to do harm to all involved.
"And afterwards we have to definitively come out and defend ourselves."
The world number 11, who has a record of 27 wins and nine defeats in the Davis Cup, insisted that rumours he was considering quitting the Argentina team were untrue.
"It bothers me that people have questioned whether I'm continuing with the Davis Cup or not," he said.