Temperature is soaring high in Shanghai! Daniil Medvedev received a code violation and then was handed a point penalty for abusing the chair umpire during the R32 match. Medvedev was caught in hot waters in his match against Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi. The Italian won the first set by 7-5 and the second set is now well poised at 3-3. What led to this controversial incident, though?

Daniil Medvedev looked to have gained the Midas touch in his first match. The 28-year-old Russian superstar defeated Brazilian tennis player, Thiago Seyboth Wild in that match by 7-5,7-5. However, in the second match, the story of the match changed. Are his emotional outbursts playing a crucial role in deciding the fate of the match? Because he seems to be having a tough time on the court. As per several reports, he insulted the chair umpire several times in the match, and then after receiving the penalty point, Medvedev even asked the supervisor to take a look at it. Bizarre scenes!

However, this isn’t the first time that Daniil Medvedev has been spotted in the middle of all these controversial moments in 2024. Previously, during the SF of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, it was reported that Medvedev had called chair umpire Eva Asderaki a “small cat“.

Even at that time, he was handed he earned a code violation. Medvedev was handed a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct by Asderaki after his angry reaction to a ball that was ruled to have bounced twice before Medvedev got up to it.

Then even during the 2024 Cincinnati Masters, he was handed a code violation by the chair umpire Aurelie Tourte for allegedly using foul language. He was even spotted engaging in a heated exchange with the Tourte. Reflecting on his frustrations with the decision, Daniil Medvedev asked her, “Why are you giving me a code violation? I’m talking to myself. What’s the problem? In the other match, when I was talking to myself, you didn’t do anything. I’m speaking to myself.. what’s the problem?” However, the Frenchwoman was pretty much unmoved by all those rants and she stood firmly with her decision.

Even during the Laver Cup, several fans raised a few question marks about his behavior after seeing him throwing his racquet dangerously. He always manages to book his spot in the headlines, isn’t it? Daniil Medvedev has in fact truly been running the headlines in China for multiple reasons in the last few days. We’ve already seen Medvedev in different shades of emotion in the ‘Land of the Red Dragon.’ Would you like to take a look at some of them?

Daniil Medvedev calls the supervisor in the middle of a match to reflect his frustration over tennis balls

During his previous match against Thiago Seyboth Wild, the Russian superstar looked frustrated with the tennis balls. He complained to the supervisor regarding it saying, “These balls are not good enough for professional tennis. This is one of the biggest tournaments in the world and the balls are destroyed after 5 games. No pressure at all…It’s ridiculous.” Even in Beijing during his SF match against Carlos Alcaraz, Medvedev turned red when he was denied the replay option because of technical issues.

He was left furious with the ATP and the Hawk-Eye technology during the China Open this year. “Why (does) the ATP pay Hawkeye then? Hawkeye s-cks, no? Don’t trust Hawkeye. Not my sponsor.” Then surprisingly, temperatures became much cooler after the end of the match. He was spotted having cheeky banter with Carlos Alcaraz. When the journalists asked him about the topic of discussion with the Spaniard, he replied, “I told Carlos next match I’m going to paint my hair blond and put ‘Botic’ here. Maybe this can help.“

In another instance, after beating Thiago Seyboth Wild recently in the first match, Medvedev expressed his love for the tournament and the city. He said, “I love Shanghai and I feel the people love me back. I enjoy it a lot so I want to stay as long as possible here.” Be it his anger, funny banters, or anything else, this man never fails to entertain the crowd! Share your thoughts on the recent incident in Medvedev’s match against Arnaldi. What are your opinions on this?