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Nadal distressed over baby crying during match

Nadal got distracted because of the crying even though he tried to keep his head in the game. As a result the play halted for more than a minute, where the baby refused to stop.

By Web Desk
January 25, 2018

During the nail-biting quarter final of Australian Open held recently, tennis stalwart Rafael Nadal was unable to serve because of a baby crying vehemently during the game.

Nadal got distracted because of the crying even though he tried to keep his head in the game. As a result the play halted for more than a minute, where the baby refused to stop.

This sparked a huge parenting debate online, where the worst of critics blamed the parents for taking a baby to a match at night.

Tennis legend and commentator Jim Courier believed that the parents were at fault.

“This is when a player wants a chair umpire to ask for the baby to be removed ... neither of these guys want to play with that.'

He further added, “What's a baby doing awake at ten o'clock at night anyway?"

Some people believed that Jim was too insensitive for saying this as Australian Open is a family game.