Rafa Jódar wears black crepe at his match in Basel as a sign of mourning

ByDavid Mitchell

General commotion due to the Toledo train accident, this Wednesday. The last official report listed 69 deaths, with 50 more people hospitalized. A day of mourning, to which the world of sports has joined, either with the cancellation of events or public demonstrations of pain.

There was also a tribute to the victims in the first center court match of the ATP 500 tournament in Basel, between the Spanish Rafa Jodar and the Monegasque Valentin Vacherot, of the round of 16.

The 20-year-old from Madrid expressed his pain by wearing a black crepe on the sleeve of his shirt. A sign of mourning. The event, due to its significance, has had an international impact. Jódar remembered him in the Swiss city where he was born Roger Federer.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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