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Jodar apologises for swearing at ball kid in Shanghai
Rafael Jodar apologised on Friday for swearing at a ball kid during his last-16 match at the Shanghai Masters, with the Spaniard saying that he could not control his emotions when frustrations boiled over. After losing a point in Wednesday’s win over Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, Jodar angrily asked the ball kid to hand him his towel, swearing in Spanish. The chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote, who also speaks Spanish, gave Jodar a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct. Pinoargote then warned Jodar not to speak like that to ball kids when the 20-year-old argued with him over the violation....
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