What Aliassime did yesterday to Davidovich was a serious lack of respect

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What Felix Auger-Aliassime did with Alejandro Davidovich yesterday is very ugly. Insinuating that the Spanish tennis player cheated during a press conference was the icing on the cake to several disrespectful acts that crossed the line of sportsmanship, which is surprising coming from such an educated and exemplary player like the Canadian. 

It all goes back to the fourth set of their match in the Wimbledon round of 16. Aliassime was serving for the win and with Davidovich leading 15-40, the Spaniard twisted his ankle and had to stop to call the physio, something that Aliassime did not understand and saw as a way to cool down the match. Alejandro ended up turning the set around but lost in the fifth, sparking a controversy that stained an epic match full of great points.

The most incomprehensible part of it all is that Aliassime would think that Davidovich cheated precisely when he had two break points and it was clear that he was genuinely injured. I imagine that during the press conference when he labeled the rule as disgraceful and insinuated that Alejandro played unfairly, he had not yet taken the time to think before speaking. If you want to cool down the match, you do it when you are losing, not when you are about to break your opponent's serve.

An embarrassing spectacle that does no justice to either of them

To make matters worse, it was clearly seen in the fifth set how Davidovich was truly struggling, as he lost decisively, yet Felix had the audacity to give him a half-hearted push when they greeted at the net and then refused to shake hands with the Spanish player when he was explaining before leaving the court. An embarrassing spectacle that does not align with either of these beloved players on the circuit who rarely get involved in controversies with their opponents.

God forbid, but perhaps one day it will be Aliassime himself who gets injured during a match and requires the physio to come onto the court, something I suppose he will not ask for due to finding the rule disgraceful, as he claims. I can understand being in the heat of the moment and imagining a thousand theories after almost blowing a game that was within your grasp, but once the match is over, and especially when you win, it makes no sense to put on the show that the Canadian did yesterday.

For now, Davidovich has chosen to remain silent, unlike what he did, publicly shaming in a press conference that did no favors to anyone. To Alejandro, because he had enough with the defeat after battling for 5 sets in a Grand Slam quarterfinal that slipped through his fingers, and to Aliassime himself because in a few hours he will face Novak Djokovic, while everyone will be talking about this controversy and there will be differing opinions regarding his attitude. A clean slate, although the damage has already been done.

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