Many of those watching his match against Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller were left furious when they saw him ask a ball boy to put his litter in the bin despite it being right next to him.
However, the youngster seemed more than happy to assist the tennis star and quickly got rid of the rubbish.
The sportsman’s actions have gone viral online with viewers taking to social media to slam him for being “lazy”.
One tennis fan raged: “Did Nadal just call the ball boy over to put rubbish in the bin?! The bin that was right next to him?! #Wimbledon.”
While another added: “When Nadal summons the kid over to put his rubbish in the bin. You were inches from the bin, why didn’t you do it yourself #wimbledon.”
“Does Nadal not realise there’s a bin right next to him which he can put his own rubbish in? #Wimbledon,” a third questioned.
Another shared a clip of Nadal passing his litter to the youngster, commenting: “When someone calls me lazy I’m just going to show them this…”
“Nadal getting the ball boy to put his lid in the bin that’s right next to him.. are you sure? #wimbledon,” a fifth tweeted.
It came after the tennis player hit his head on a door-frame as he limbered up ahead of the game in the tunnel.
Today, the star brushed off the incident as a “small accident” when asked about the injury.
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