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Federer Reportedly Feuding with Wawrinka after Comments

Rumors, exacerbated by John McEnroe’s on-air comments, about a rift between Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, were flowing on Sunday in the aftermath of Roger Federer’s withdrawal from the ATP World Tour Finals title match.

More: Federer Withdraws from Final Handing Djokovic Three-Peat

“Something went on in the locker room,” said McEnroe on air during ESPN’s broadcast of the match, “there was a long talk between the players that extended well into the night.” (see full video of McEnroe’s comments above)

"I can't confirm all of this," added McEnroe, "but a lot of this went on."

Though neither player has divulged any information, many speculated on social media that the row is due to Wawrinka’s on-court behavior during Saturday’s semifinal loss to Federer. The Swiss spoke out against somebody in the crowd, chastising that person for talking before he served at a crucial juncture of the third set, and many believe that the person he was addressing was actually Federer’s wife, Mirka.

Also intrigue re who @stanwawrinka barked at in Federer box. Mirka? Agent Tony Godsick? With DC Final next week we're unlikely to discover
— Simon Briggs (@simonrbriggs) November 16, 2014

Man with access to TV footage assures me that Mirka was the target for Stan outburst as she was talking after the serve was hit
— Simon Briggs (@simonrbriggs) November 16, 2014

A lot of the audio was unclear, but hear French TV picked up Stan saying "She did same thing at Wimbledon" during incident last night. #WTFs
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) November 16, 2014

“That makes it more complicated for Severin Lüthi (The Swiss Davis Cup captain) because he’s trying to juggle these two players and sort of make sure that both of them are happy and now it appears that neither one of them are completely thrilled as they head to France for the Davis Cup,” said McEnroe.

The Davis Cup Final will be played next Friday through Sunday in Lille, France.

Federer did not meet with members of the media to field questions on Sunday, but in a brief interview with the ATP Tour he said he’d be concentrating on recovery and planned to head to France for the Davis Cup final after that.

Federer will NOT be doing any press today. Lots of questions remain unanswered… #WTFs
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) November 16, 2014

ROGER: "Recovery obviously as quick as possible, and then traveling to #France at some point and getting ready on the clay for @DavisCup "
— luciahoff (@luciahoff) November 16, 2014

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