Nadal Unhappy with Controversial Decision

Spanish world number 1, Rafael Nadal was frustrated at an ?error? from the Wimbledon officials. He felt that that played a role his semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic.

He was against the decision to keep the Centre Court roof closed as he lost and epic clash to old rival Djokovic on Saturday.

Nadal was downed 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11/9), 3-6, 10-8 in the second longest semi-final ever played at the tournament, at 5 hours and 15 minutes.

But it was still shorter than Kevin Anderson‘s marathon 6 hours and 36 minutes to beat John Isner on Friday.

Their semi-final was started under the roof and finished under it on Saturday despite clear blue skies and temperatures hovering close to 30 degrees.

The World No.1 said: ?It?s an outdoor tournament. OK, we start indoors. What I don?t understand is, today, we could have started outdoors. 

?Today we continued undercover because we started undercover. I don?t think it?s right. It?s an outdoor tournament.

?If the previous part of the match started with the roof on, there was logic but I don?t understand why it had to be closed.?

Nadal was playing in his first semi-final at the All England Club since 2011 when he finished runner-up to Djokovic.

He felt that his semi-final should have been before the Anderson-Isner match on Friday.

?It?s true that the schedule was a little bit tight knowing that the first match was between two big servers,? said the 32-year-old.

?Of course you can?t predict that they play that long.

?But yeah, knowing that, maybe would be better if they play us first at 1:00, that?s all.?

However, Djokovic was happy to see it shut on Saturday.

?There was a dialogue, yeah,? said Djokovic.

?I was for the roof because we started to play, and I wanted to play in the same conditions.

?I didn?t ask them (the organisers). I just expressed my opinion because they asked for my opinion. But as I understood, they already made a decision.?