Tennis Player Learns His Idol is a Meanie
February 23, 2008 by Jodie Lynn Boduch
Filed under Sports Rumors, Tennis
Potito Starace had kind of a rough out outing at the Buenos Aires Open. The tennis player, currently ranked No. 35 in the world, claim he was thisclose to bashing his racket into the teeth of a heckling fan.
The would-be recipient of such racquet-bashing? Argentinian soccer player Diego Maradona—one of Starace’s fave athletes. (Um, until now. . .)
Maradona, a controversial figure who’s been plagued by drug problems in the past, was at the quarterfinal match to root on fellow countrymen and world No. 11 David Nalbandian. The Argentinian beat Starace 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. In a chat with an Italian radio station, Starace said:
“Maradona insulted …read more




