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After the first round of his duel against Rafael Nadal, Denis Shapovalov had a run-in with the official Carlos Bernardes. “You are all corrupt!” he told the referee before resuming play. • Read also: Australian Open: Shapovalov's fine career comes to an end • Read also: Getting inside Medvedev's head A controversial statement released by the Canadian who found that Nadal was taking too long between his services. It should be mentioned that the servers have a limit of 25 seconds to put the ball in play. Nadal, with all his nervous tics, tends to use all the time he can, and then some, to hit the ball. "I misspoke when I said he was corrupt or whatever I said," Shapovalov said after his five-set loss. It was emotional, but I remain on my position. ...