Carlos Bernardes

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Carlos Bernardes as referee in the first round match between Fernando Verdasco and Xavier Malisse at Wimbledon in 2013 .
Carlos Bernardes 2012 in Miami

Carlos Bernardes (* in São Caetano do Sul ) is a Brazilian tennis referee .

Career

Bernardes was best known when on February 22, 2015 at the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro in the semi-final match against the eventual finalist Fabio Fognini, he regularly sanctioned Rafael Nadal's time-outs twice. Nadal Bernardes then threatened that he would never again lead a game of his. Nadal admitted at a press conference at the French Open that he had asked the players' union to stop using Bernardes in his games. The players' union ATP has not used Bernardes in any other Nadal game since this incident. Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka said it shouldn't matter who is on the pitch and there shouldn't be any bonuses for certain players. Even Novak Djokovic commented on the subject, he had also one or the other arbitrators rather on the chair as another, but he would never ask that an arbitrator should no longer manage his game, as he that is unfair to the officials over would feel.

Personal

Bernardes has two residences in Gorle, Italy, and in São Caetano do Sul , Brazil .

Web links

Commons : Carlos Bernardes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rafael Nadal can do without Carlos Bernardes in the future (tennisnet.com from February 27, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2015)
  2. ↑ French Open 2015: Rafael Nadal makes a mockery of the rule book (telegraph.co.uk of May 21, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2015)
  3. ↑ Rafael Nadal gets his way (tennisnet.com from May 26, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2015)
  4. ↑ This referee was sawed off by Rafael Nadal (watson.ch from May 27, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2015)
  5. ↑ Roger Federer has his say on Rafael Nadal row over umpire Carlos Bernardes (skysports.com from May 27, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2015)
  6. ↑ Why is Rafael Nadal allowed to blackball an umpire? (usatoday.com of May 27, 2015, accessed August 13, 2015)
  7. ↑ Two residences according to Carlos Bernardes' Twitter account
personal data
SURNAME Bernardes, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian tennis referee
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century