Daniil Medvedev was involved in an altercation with the umpire (Image: Sky Sports)
was heard blasting the chair umpire during his match with Tallon Griekspoor after receiving a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Medvedev had reached the quarter-final of the ATP 500 event after beating Jan-Lennard Struff and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the last-32 and last-16, respectively.
The Russian entered the tournament as the No.1 seed but struggled at times against Griekspoor, who survived four match points in the second set to take the match to a decider.
But it was during a row with the umpire where the biggest flashpoint came, with the 2021 US Open winner accusing the man in the middle of being “soft”.
After receiving the violation, Medvedev could be heard screaming: “For what? for what?” The umpire replied with: “For what you said to me”
The tennis star then asked what he said, with the umpire adding: “You know what you said.” Medvedev responded with: “Ok, so you’re like this, very soft. If you have a problem, I’ll make sure. Now I go to toilet.”
It’s not known exactly what Medvedev said to have received the violation, but before his trip to the restroom, the microphones appeared to capture him claiming it was for saying the umpire “had double standards against Russians”.
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Daniil Medvedev wasn’t impressed after getting a code violation (Image: Getty)
Unsurprisingly, the umpire didn’t take well to the accusation, with the microphones capturing his response. He said: “Don’t say something like this. Daniil, I’m very fair! I treat you all exactly the same”.
With valuable ranking points on offer, Medvedev would’ve hoped to have gone all the way and taken the title.
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