'My fault to hire him': Spaniard's coach quits mid-French Open via text

Puerta told him he was feeling unwell and returned to his hotel."Two or three hours later in the afternoon, he messaged me that he will not continue," Davidovich Fokina said after his second-round loss to Thiago Agustín Tirante 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday, local time.The 23rd-ranked Spaniard said Puerta did not inform the rest of the coaching staff before flying to Miami."I heard that he did that a couple of times before with other players," Davidovich Fokina said during his post-match press conference He admitted in 2020 that he had lied to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reduce his suspension to two years, according to an interview published by La Nacion newspaper.Puerta's defence said he drank water from a glass used by his then-wife to take effortil, a medication against menstrual cramps that contains etilefrine