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This is an archive article published on January 25, 2008

More bad luck for Rafa

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

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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 8212; 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.

8220;The business class is full out of Singapore.,8221; said Nadal8217;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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