Danii Medvedev clashed with the chair umpire during the semi finals of the Australian Open yesterday as he faced the Greek Tsitsipas on center court.
The two battled well and had a great match that went on for 4 steps before Medvedev eventually won with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-4. 6-1 scoreline and booked his spot in the finals on Sunday against the 20 time grand slam winner Rafael Nadal.
However the highlight of the match was Medvedev’s rant against the umpire for allowing Tsitsipas’ father to talk to him during the match for a minute.
“His father can talk about every point. Are you stupid?” Medvedev screamed.
“His father can talk about every point. Answer my question. Can his father talk about every point?
“Oh my God, how can you be so bad in the semifinal of a Grand Slam?” Medvedev raged.
“Look at me! I’m talking to you!”
“What do you want?” Campistol responded.
“To give him coaching [violation] because his father is talking every point,” Medvedev yelled.
He then called the umpire a “small cat” at the end of the outburst.
After this explosion by the Russian, members of the tennis industry commented on his behaviour saying, “Tennis really needs to come down hard on players verbally abusing umpire, I’m a Medvedev stan but they shouldn’t have to cop abuse like that. Look at how Toby Greenes penalty for his encounter with an umpire and how the AFL want more respect for their refs,” wrote Shian on Twitter.
He was even then fined $17,000 over this incident and talking to the umpire like that.