Daniil Medvedev showed again his worst face in a tennis match. This time the Russian lost his cool against the American Taylor Fritz27 years old and world number 5, on the court of the Inalpi Arena in Turin during the ATP Finals which are taking place there for the third consecutive edition.
The Russian tennis player number 4 in the rankingcould not help but show his frustration in the face of childish acts which earned him the punishment of the chair umpire, the Egyptian Adel Nour, and a major whistle from the around 13,000 fans who gathered in the stands.
It was clear that Medvedev was looking to leave the match. It was already bothering him to fall in the set with three consecutive double faults. The Russian failed to break Fritz’s servenor in the three chances he had at the start of the second set. His frustration grew less and more.
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The world number 4 could not contain himself when he suffered the “break” at 2-4. Medvedev threw the racket down against a microphone. He had already received a warning on the conclusion of the first set, so another bad action cost him a point.
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Medvedev was still doing his thing, he was already out of control and completely removed from the game he was playing. He threw the racket into the sky several timeshe devoted himself to useless juggling with it, and even pretended to subtract by holding the racket upside down.
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The chair umpire remained patient throughout the match, knowing Medvedev’s strong character. The Russian, disturbed, assured the referee that “I’m going to retire, I’m going to retire”. In the end, he didn’t keep his word and played the last game.
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Fritz beat Medvedev 6-4, 6-3 one hour and 20 minutes and a rival awaits Tuesday the winner of the afternoon duel between the local idol, the Italian Jannik sinnerand Australian debutant Alex de Minaur, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. at the earliest.
For his part, the The Russian “bad boy”who is still in free fall since problems have been detected in his right shoulder, you will face the loser of this clash. Medvedev still has one option to survive, although he will also wait the economic fine that he will impose on him for his bad behavior during the duel against Fritz.
