Jean Muller, journalist of the French publication We Love Tennis in his material He criticized the behavior of Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev in the first match against American Taylor Fritz at the ATP Final Tournament.
“It is clear that Daniil Medvedev is tired of the very long 2024 season and is upset after making three double faults in a row by giving Fritz a break, but this does not justify the behavior of a spoiled child,” he wrote.
In the second set, Medvedev juggled his racket, threw it and tried to catch it with the other side. For this behavior, the tennis player was punished twice; He was warned for the first time, and for the second violation he was deprived of a point in the second set with a score of 4:2 in favor of the opponent.
On November 10, Medvedev lost to Fritz with scores of 4:6 and 3:6 in 1 hour and 20 minutes.
The Russian will play his next match on November 12 against Australian Alex de Minaur, and on November 13 Medvedev will face Italian Jannik Sinner.
The final ATP tournament will take place in Turin, Italy, between 10-17 November. Russia is represented here by Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev. They were placed in different groups according to the results of the draw. Medvedev found himself in Ilie Nastase’s group, where his opponents would be Sinner, Fritz and De Minaur. John Newcombe’s group, which includes Andrei Rublev, will also include German Alexander Zverev, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Norwegian Casper Ruud.
Medvedev’s former rival Fritz named his behavior is funny.
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Source: Gazeta
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