Portela reveals food poisoning after loss to Searle in Graz

Diogo Portela was comfortably beaten last night in Graz and it appears there was more to it than just a bad day at the office.

Portela revealed afterwards that he was suffering from a bout of food poisoning and only played due to seeing fans who were specifically there for him.
As a result he spent the night in hospital and this morning was told he could go home.
He said the following on Twitter after his match against Searle.
‘I didn’t want to play today. I got food poisoning just after the lunch and in about 4-5 hours I got sick 5 times.’
’But I saw a few fans that had come down just to support me and I couldn’t let them down.’
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