Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas locked horns in a rather tough Australian Open semifinal on Friday evening in Melbourne. Eventually, it was the Russian player to win the contest in 4 sets. However, something nasty happened when Daniil Medvedev lost the second set. The world number 2 had a very aggressive outburst when he insulted the chair umpire calling him “stupid.”
Medvedev was upset because he thought that the chair umpire had to give a warning to Stefanos Tsitsipas because his father was coaching him.
Regretting
During the press conference following the semifinal, Daniil admitted that he regretted being nasty with the chair umpire to say:
“I regret it all the time because I don’t think it’s nice. I know that every referee is trying to do their best. But, yeah, when you are there, tennis, you know, we don’t fight with the fists, but tennis is a fight. It’s a one-on-one against another player.
So I’m actually really respectful to players who almost never show their emotions because it’s tough. I can get really emotional. I have been working on it.
So many matches I handle it. I think if we look back at myself five years ago when I started playing, just started playing, there was less attention on me, but I was just insanely crazy.
You know, I’m working on it. Helps me to win matches, I know. So I do regret it 100 per cent, but again, in the heat of the moment, I just lost it.”
Medvedev at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2022
Now the world no.2 (career-high), Medvedev achieved a composed 9-1 match record in 2022. The Russian is currently competing at the Australian Open where he bested Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-4 7-63, Nick Kyrgios 7-61 6-4 4-6 6-2, Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 6-4 6-2, Maxime Cressy 6-2 7-64 6-74 7-5, Felix Auger Aliassime 6-74 3-6 7-62 7-5 6-4 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-65 4-6 6-4 6-1.
Daniil Medvedev will come up against the world no.5 Rafael Nadal in the final on Sunday at 7:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena. The head to head is 3-1 for Nadal.
Daniil won 13 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 6 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022
Now the world no.4, Stefanos played his last match on the 28th of January when he was defeated by world no.2 Daniil Medvedev 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Australian Open (draw).
Presently, during this year Stefanos achieved an overall 6-2 record. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s latest run at the Australian Open was the best achievement of his season.
Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas faced off 9 times. Their current record is 7-2 for Medvedev. Previously, the last time they locked horns, Daniil Medvedev won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 28th of January 2022.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
