After his outburst at the umpire, Daniil Medvedev moved to defend himself at the Shanghai Masters. The ferocious exchange that occurred halfway through the second set overshadowed the Russian’s 5-7 6-4 6-4 victory over Matteo Arnaldi in his second-round match.
The 28-year-old Medvedev angrily reacted after being given a code violation, seemingly insulting the official.
After receiving a point penalty, he was obviously furious, but he was still able to maintain his composure and win the set and the match.
Medvedev had previously lost to Thiago Seyboth Wild in the first round, so this wasn’t the first time he had gotten into a fight with the umpire. The world No. 5 further contended that he had been incorrectly accused of using foul language before his punitive action after defeating Arnaldi.
He talked about it and said: “What I did is, I got angry when they first called violation. So I made the impression that I was saying something under my hand or under my mouth—how do you say it?—but I didn’t say anything; I was murmuring something like, ‘Oh, you’re bad, you’re bad, you’re bad.”
He added: “Then I got the second code, which I guess could be, you know, maybe deserved, and then I went crazy. But I knew that at that moment. If I managed the moment of the match, I lost the first set; if I managed to use it to my advantage, I could do it, and I managed to do it.”
Warning and point penalty for Danil Medvedev. He then asks for the supervisor.
Arnaldi up 2-1 in set 2, Medvedev to serve next. pic.twitter.com/P8IP2m1gwj
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Medvedev in Shanghai, ranking, and results in 2024
Currently the world no.5, Medvedev has achieved a compiled 44-17 record in 2024. The Russian is now competing in Shanghai where he conquered the world no.88 Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-5 7-5 and the world no.36 Matteo Arnaldi 5-7 6-4 6-4.
Daniil Medvedev will square off with the world no.223 Diego Schwartzman in the Round Robin on Sunday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. The head to head is 6-0 for Medvedev.
Medvedev got to the final at the Australian Open and in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open).
Medvedev won 20 titles in his career: 10 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 8 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) after Vienna. The main draw will start on the 21st of October.
