When Tension Rises in the Locker Room: Jack Sock's Explosive Revelations About Feliciano Lopez
The ATP circuit is still full of little-known anecdotes, ready to be discovered.
Today, thanks to the rise of podcasts where many former players share their experiences, these untold stories and sequences regularly surface.
"He wanted to escalate the situation"
On the podcast Nothing Major, Jack Sock revealed he had a verbal confrontation with Feliciano Lopez in the locker room during the Houston tournament in 2017:
"He didn't like my behavior on the court. We had a little clash, but I thought it was settled on the court. He came up to me in the locker room and started talking to me aggressively in English, mixing in a bit of Spanish. He wanted to escalate the situation. I think I replied to him: 'Enjoy your flight back to Europe' and I left."
That day, Sock had defeated the Spaniard with a score of 7-6, 1-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the event.
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