Spain's sports minister has expressed his outrage after the wrong Spanish national anthem was played before the start of the Davis Cup tennis final overnight in Australia.
Juan Antonio Gomez-Angulo, who was in the stands, has urged the Spanish ambassador to seek an explanation from the Australian government.
He had waved furiously and yelled as a pre-civil war republican anthem was played for the Spanish team. Gomez-Angulo said he was not satisfied with a formal apology issued by hosts Tennis Australia over the blunder.
He said: "It was an offence to the Spanish nation. We cannot trivialise the national anthem of any nation and of course I will take my complaint further. The protest will go further than it did at the tennis arena," he said.
Filed by Mark O'Neill-Cummins
