Feliciano Lopez DEMANDS forgiveness over the mismanagement of cutting female players to speaking during the Madrid Open this year

Lopez seeks forgiveness for the incidents in the Women's doubles final of the Madrid Open.

Feliciano Lopez DEMANDS forgiveness over the mismanagement of cutting female players to speaking during the Madrid Open this year

Feliciano Lopez (Credits: L'Equipe)

Former Spanish World No.12 Feliciano Lopez, who is the current director of the Madrid Open, asks to move on from the incident in the women’s doubles final where the finalists were not given a chance to speak. The prestigious tournament’s way of handling the post-match presentation was criticized a lot by the tennis world and now, in a recent interview, Lopez has opened up on the same issue.

Speaking on the matter, Lopez said, “I won’t go into details. A decision was made which the tournament apologized for. It already happened. That decision was wrongly made, and forgiveness was asked. The only thing left to do is to move forward.”

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Lopez is one of the closest friends of the Spanish legend Rafael Nadal on tour. The 35-year-old’s withdrawal tournament was initially decided to be in the Wimbledon this year but he did not get a wildcard entry there. Hence, the Mallorca Open became his last tournament where he lost in the third round.

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Feliciano Lopez’s tennis profile and career before switching to management path

Feliciano Lopez
Feliciano Lopez (Credits: L’Equipe)

The Spanish star Feliciano Lopez has a unique record of having the most number of match wins of a Spaniard on grass courts with 87. His long career was always with ups and downs, but he could never enter the Top-10 rankings ever. His highest ranking stands at 12, this was achieved in 2015 when he reached his best result in the Australian Open (fourth round).

2015 is considered to be his best year on tour when he was able to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open as well. His best result in the French Open is also a fourth-round appearance, whereas, in Wimbledon, he has reached the quarter-finals multiple times (2005, 2008, and 2011).

Lopez ended the career with a win-loss record of 506-490. He also was a good doubles player with a Grand Slam title won in 2016. It was in the French Open. He also reached the doubles finals of the US Open in 2017.

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