ONE Rafael Nadal Heckler was kicked out of the Australian Open on Thursday … and the scene was bizarre and hilarious – because the woman shot the tennis star, the bird, from the stands!
The wild moment collapsed during Nadal’s victory over Michael Mmoh at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne … when Nadal had to stop the game in the middle of the game because of some screaming in the stands.
A fan was STARTED from the match by unpleasant language and launching the bird for Rafael Nadal! 💥😂
Incredible scenes.
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It turns out that a woman was screaming trying to distract the 34-year-old Spaniard … and when Rafa stopped to look at his actions, she ended up showing him the middle finger !!
Security tried to get involved … but the fan continued – and the whole time, Nadal was laughing!
At one point, the announcers suspected that the woman was drunk … saying in the broadcast: “Maybe a little too much – a little drunk, I think.”
One of the announcers then added, “This is chaos.”
Finally, after a two or three minute delay, security picked up the woman and expelled her from the scene.
After that, Nadal – who ended up winning the match easily – joked about the whole thing, telling an AO official that he didn’t know the woman and, “honestly, I don’t want to know.”