2023-11-02 16:32:54
Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev’s “I love you me neither” relationship with the French public continues. This Wednesday, new prank in the bays of Bercy. The most French-speaking Muscovite railed against the Accor Arena, guilty according to him of hindering his service, and went on strike for a few seconds in the middle of the second round against the Bulgarian Gregor Dimitrov.
We were playing the end of the second set (5-5), a decisive moment for Medvedev who had conceded the first set (7-6), when he pulled the pin. After missing two equalizing balls with a set everywhere, he threw his racket down in anger, sat down on his bench then attacked the referee as he was about to serve. “They whistle, I’m not going to play when they whistle. They are stupid, they stop whistling, and I play. I didn’t do anything to make them whistle at me,” he then lost his temper to the boos of some of the supporters. “You keep your mouth shut, okay? » he continued while the referee asked him not to enter into the public’s game.
“They whistle, I’m not going to play when they whistle. They are stupid, they stop whistling while I play. I didn’t do anything to make them whistle at me. » ????????
Daniil Medvedev, whistled after throwing his racket following a lost game despite two set points.pic.twitter.com/ujSKMTO6Cr
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The winner of the 2021 US Open ended up resuming the match and winning the second set in the tie-break. This burst was not enough. After 2h56 of a very high-level battle, Dimitrov managed to achieve his seventh match point (6-3, 6-7, 7-6) in the deciding game.
“I just checked my nails, that’s all”
Carlos Alcaraz’s rout on Tuesday evening was therefore no exception. We must now say goodbye to the world number three who, before escaping into the corridors, could not contain three last middle fingers. Terribly predictable.
“I just checked my nails, that’s all. Why would I do that to this beautiful Parisian audience? » This is what the Russian responded at a press conference regarding this gesture, with a big smile to support it, and in a rather daring attempt at playing down the drama. “I have nothing to say against the public,” he insisted. This doesn’t connect for me but I hope it will work in the future. Everyone knows the atmosphere at Bercy. Not everyone likes to play here.” “The only time I won here (in 2020, editor’s note), it was when there was no one there (because of the closed doors imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, editor’s note),” he said. he also wanted to remember, still so relaxed.
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