Rafael Nadal cruised to victory in his second-round match at the Australian Open, winning all three sets against Michael Mmoh to reach the third round of the tournament with relative ease. In fact, Nadal's greatest challenger seemed to come from the stands, as a fan (who appeared to be extremely inebriated) decided to give Nadal the finger in the middle of his impressive performance.
However, the gesture did not seem to affect Nadal, as he appeared to be more amused than offended upon noticing the fan flipping the bird in his direction. A video showed Nadal about to serve in the second set when the match was stopped due to some heckling from the stands.
When Nadal was finally able to spot the fan who was smack-talking him, he had a hilarious reaction, as he could not help but smile when he saw what was happening. He then seemed to mouth "me?" while pointing at himself and having a good laugh.
A fan has been BOOTED from the match for unsavoury language and flipping the bird to Rafael Nadal!
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) February 11, 2021
Incredible scenes.
WATCH: @Channel9
STREAM: https://t.co/7uAf53PWTv #9WWOS #AusOpen #AO2021 pic.twitter.com/jgjv7b1GX2
The unruly fan was reportedly escorted from the premises shortly after the incident and Nadal was able to return to dominating his opponent in peace. After the win, Nadal said he was more focused on "what's coming next" than worrying about a random heckler. But he did manage to have a pretty funny response when he was asked if he knew the woman who flipped him off.
"No, and honestly I don’t want to know," Nadal said.
Nadal is set to face off against Britain’s Cameron Norrie in round three.
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