Gildemeister: "De la Peña is bleeding from the wound"

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SANTIAGO.- The captain of the Chilean team for the Davis Cup, Hans Gildemeister, responded to criticism from Horacio de la Peña regarding the results achieved by the national representation in 2007.

In statements made on Agricultura radio station, Gildemeister said that he didn't want to stir controversy with "that character", but began throwing sticks at the ex coach of Fernando González by saying "I think that he is bleeding from the wound, since Fernando Gonzalez already sent him off, he is trying to get attention from the media".

Gildemeister continued to distort De la Peña's criticism for having moved the match last year against Russia to La Serena. "There are many lies. It was the International (Tennis) Federation that didn't authorize us to play the match in Viña del Mar", he explained.

Regarding Gildemeister's serious lack of up-to-date knowledge about tennis, the ex number one in Chile wondered: "What would Martín Jaite say about the fact, that after 15 years, he returned to tennis to coach David Nalbandian and helped him win the Masters in Madrid and Paris".