I must agree with Moxie's point that the original article is written with the clear intention to suggest that somehow Nadal is orchestrating something from behind the scenes against Bernardes. Maybe the only thing he did was to come out openly and say the he did not want him in his matches anymore, which is understandable.
The only thing that indicates me that this is not a "rumour" is the phrase "The Telegraph can reveal", somewhere inside the article, which indicate that they may have some actual source from some actual information. But, as Moxie said, they don't show anything.
I remember Nadal and Bernardes discussing exactly because of this in a match two or three years ago, in spanish if I am not mistaken. I do not remember the exact words, but Nadal's point was exactly the same, that he felt Bernardes was pressuring him more than the others. (and if I had to guess this time was in the first set). This is not a new issue.
Anyway I think Bernardes is right, and as others remembered he warns other players too. Since the last rift between the two, I am almost sure I saw Nadal being warned by other umpire (again I am not sure). Maybe Bernarde's actions shown other umpires that it could, and should, be done.
In a nutshell, this post with a lot of uncertain things from memory has one point: I do agree that Nadal breaks this rule a lot, and should be stoped from doing it (I even once did some statistical analysis of how many times per match he breaks the rule, based on his average time and some other minor informations), even if I think that it has happened "naturally" through the years. Umpires gave him space and it became an habit. He is to blame, maybe this helped him in a few key points here and there, but I won't demonize him for it. And Bernardes is right to try to stop it, he is probably trying to do it in the best possible way that he can.
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