Scandal at the ATP Cup: Medvedev attacks the referee
Daniil Medvedev blow the fuses (again) at the ATP Cup. The young Russian hits his racket twice against the referee’s chair and thus ensures a veritable scandal.
01/09/2020
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Part of the young tennis guard shows nerves at the ATP Cup and thus already causes some scraps in the still young season. The new low comes from the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who even violates the referee’s integrity.
The new ATP Cup is a win from a sporting perspective. Unfortunately, some players forget their good nursery at the tournament. The negative start was made on Sunday by Alexander Zverev, who lost his dad to Stefanos Tsitsipas so chancelledthat he is fighting with tears.
The Greek in turn injured on Tuesday in the event of a freak accident, his father’s arm On Wednesday, Pablo Cuevas ran off the pitch because of a decision by the supervisor disagreed and could only be prevented from giving the match forfait thanks to the persuasion of his opponent Nikolos Bassilashvili.
Medvedev loses his nerve after being insulted
And now on Thursday afternoon the next low point for “etiquette lovers”. After hosts Australia qualified for the semifinals after a thriller against England, Diego Schwartzman had to win against Daniil Medvedev to preserve the chances for Argentina in a duel with Russia.
In the heated atmosphere, the 1.68 meter small professional apparently throws the word «idiot» at the 1.98 meter giant Medvedev, whereupon he storms towards Schwartzman. The referee recognizes the difficult situation and separates the two quarrels. The anger of the Russian is not yet smoked afterwards. After a dispute with the referee, he hit the referee chair twice, the audience acknowledged his action with a whistle.
Kyrgios from Saul to Paul
Nick Kyrgios, something like THE “bad boy” on the tour, was positively surprised this week. Before the tournament, he initiated the Donation gala for the bush fires in his home country, then he also convinced on the floor. In a space interview, however, he admits his true motivation: “I’m still on probation, so I have to pull myself together”.
As a tribune guest in the duel of his team-mate Alex de Minaur against Alexander Zverev, he proved that the potential for wickedness is still slumbering in Kyrgios. With every double mistake of the German he did some pushups.
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