LONDON | How do the players deal with the rainy weather that sometimes interrupts matches, especially at Wimbledon? The answers differ, but the Canadian Milos Raonic, he took the opportunity to do quizzes on animals with Denis Shapovalov and his entourage.
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“I joined them in the locker room. I learned that sea turtles can breathe from behind,” Raonic said with a smirk.
“My coach is a big fan of quizzes. That was one of the questions. But they’re not all like that, I promise! Shapovalov added with a laugh.
“We also had a long debate about which animal was the most deadly,” Shapo continued. I said shark, something like that, and he said it was mosquitoes, due to malaria. We then had a long discussion which must have lasted 45 minutes…”
The arrangement of the chairs also…
Of course, the players also take the opportunity to continue warming up, in order to keep in shape for when they have to return to the field.
But one thing is certain, it is that time is long in such circumstances. “We try to kill time by talking about anything,” Shapovalov said. From the arrangement of the seats, for example…»