Wimbledon finalist Rafael Nadal launched a furious attack on sections of the media on Sunday after claiming he had been ambushed by the paparazzi when he arrived at a London restaurant.

The Spanish world number two, who was due to face Roger Federer in the All England Club final, claimed he was stunned to see eight paparazzi waiting for him and his family who had jened in from Spain for the final.

'1 didn't tell anyone I was going out ami when I arrived they sort of attacked me. I don't know if this is the right word, but believe me it was strange," Nadal wrote in his official website blog.

"It's too much. I am a person that always works with media, does interviews with them, works closely with them, but I don't find it fair that when I have a few hours free, with my family, simply going for dinner, they persecute me and get those pictures that they sell.

"I am a public figure, I understand, but I don’t live off publicity. I live off what I do on court. 1 work there. I am not complaining since it is not my style, and I am not going to hide and not go out because there might be paparazzi but I just find it unfair.

'But as I say this is the way it is and hopefully society will one day go against this kind of people."