More bad luck for Rafa

Less than 24 hours after being dumped out of the Australian Open by a rampant Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...

Less than 24 hours after being dumped out of the Australian Open by a rampant Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, world number two Rafael Nadal has again been bounced — back into economy class on his flight home.

The three-times French Open champion turned up at Melbourne Airport for the long flight back to Spain on Friday.

Unfortunately for the multi-millionaire, who had a business class ticket through to Barcelona, he was told the connecting flight in Singapore was full and he could be forced to travel in economy back to Europe.

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“The business class is full out of Singapore.,” said Nadal’s agent Benito Perez-Barbadillo.

Nadal was on the waiting list for business class for the connecting flight, Perez-Barbadillo said.

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