Marcelo Rios: ‘Chile is shame of the international Tennis’

Former world no. 1, Chilean Marcelo Rios took to Twitter to express his frustration about the infrastructural facilities for tennis in his country. The most recent incident that brought to light the shoddy conditions was the Davis Cup Group I Americas’ semi-final tie between Chile and Colombia. Chile won the tie 3-1, but the clay-court was in such a bad condition that a desperate Santiago Giraldo was forced to retire in his reverse singles rubber against Gonzalo Lama.

Rios shared, ‘The Davis Cup that’s the most beautiful moment of the year for the players who represent Chile just ended. We have a group of young players who do not stop to surprise us, so this situation cannot continue …

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