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Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 28, 2022 Russia’s Daniil Medvedev remonstrates with the umpire during his semi final match against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
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Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 28, 2022 Russia’s Daniil Medvedev remonstrates with the umpire during his semi final match against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
Daniil Medvedev has had a rough ride at the Australian Open this season. Match-wise he is having great on-court performances, but it’s what around tennis that he is unable to control. He has shown frustration in every match he played in the 2022 Australian Open. Tennis Legend Boris Becker took a dig at Medvedev in a rather comical sense.
Daniil Medvedev claimed that his semifinal opponent Tsitsipas was receiving coaching from the stands, which is against the rules. The Russian even shouted at the chair umpire. After a debatable play enraged the 25-year-old, Medvedev took the seat and screamed at the umpire saying, “His father can talk about every point. Are you stupid?”
Boris Becker doing the "best" impression of Medvedev on Eurosport… 😅 #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/r5ginKxm92
— Alex | Tennis 🎾 (@Alex_Boroch) January 28, 2022
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He continued to highlight that sentiment and bugged the chair umpire. He even said, “Look at me I’m talking to you” when the umpire tried to avoid any further conversation with Daniil. Later, Medvedev demanded a coaching violation against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The battle went on after the match ended, as Medvedev called the umpire “small cat” for not awarding any violation to his opponent while leaving the court.
Medvedev before leaving the court:
"You understand, right? If you don't [give him a coaching warning], you are – how can I say it – a small cat."
A.
Small.
Cat. pic.twitter.com/2650GypYHh
— The Tennis Podcast (@TennisPodcast) January 28, 2022
Daniil Medvedev frustrations in Australian Open 2022
The Russian had many timely incidences in an inaugural Grand Slam, where he seemed frustrated and reacted aggressively on the court. Starting from his match against Aussie favorite Nick Kyrgios, he was “booed” heavily by the arena fans.
New:#AusOpen competition in the men’s fines list, stacked with multiple-offenders, is as competitive as on court!
🥇Shapovalov – $15,000
🥈Tsitsipas – $13,000
🥉Medvedev* – $12,000
Kyrgios* – $10,000*Still able to further offend in upcoming matches! pic.twitter.com/NhOfsgKNTk
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 29, 2022
He expressed his frustration about the fans’ reactions in an on-court interview. It actually stimulated the Melbourne Park crowd who continued to discourage Medvedev in his later matches as well.
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In the 4th round game against American Maxime Cressy, world number 2 was seen screaming in the air “This is boring”. He accepted the fact that he was purposefully saying those words to disrupt Cressy’s rhythm, but the crowd again wasted no time to heckle Medvedev on his comments.
Medvedev in 2nd consecutive Grand Slam Final
After the successful year in 2021, Daniil has a great start to the 2022 season. Except for the frustrations and uncontrollable outbursts against certain individuals, he has shown great control over his opponents.
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After winning the 2021 US Open, Medvedev is in the Australian Open final by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. He will face World Number 5 Rafael Nadal on Sunday. Nadal is chasing a record 21st Grand Slam and Daniil will be chasing 2nd consecutive Major. If he wins the title, he will be the 1st player to win a 2nd Slam championship right after debut Major.
