After losing badly to Daniil Medvedev at the Shanghai Masters, Stefanos Tsitsipas became outraged and yelled at the match umpire.
The world No. 12 player was given a time violation during the match because he took too long to serve, and the Greek player claimed that match referee Fergus Murphy was biased against him.
Tsitsipas insisted on speaking with the supervisory officials, alleging he was being treated unfairly.
Tsitsipas barged up to the umpire in the second set, with the scores tied at two, after losing the first set in a tiebreak.
Tsitsipas not happy with the umpire after getting a time violation in his match against Daniil Medvedev in Shanghai
Stef: “Why are you doing this to me man?”
“The clock starts automatically.”
Stef: “I’m the best about this on tour, the most consistent player about this on… pic.twitter.com/ENwTFd2b1N
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) October 9, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2024
Currently ranked no.12, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 9th of October when he was overcome by world no.5 Daniil Medvedev 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Shanghai (draw).
Currently, during this year the Greek achieved a composed 39-19 win-loss record. Stefanos has won 1 title in Monte-Carlo. Tsitsipas was the finalist in Barcelona.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will take on the world no.660 John Isner in the Round Robin on Sunday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their current head to head is 6-2 for Tsitsipas.
Stefanos has won 1 title in 2024 in Monte-Carlo. Tsitsipas was the finalist in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell).
Stefanos won 12 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts, 5 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Basel (Swiss Indoors Basel) on the 21st of October and Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) on the 28th of October.
Medvedev in Shanghai, ranking, and results in 2024
Ranked no.5, Daniil has achieved a composed 45-17 match record in 2024. The Russian is playing at the moment in Shanghai where he overcame the world no.88 Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-5 7-5, the world no.36 Matteo Arnaldi 5-7 6-4 6-4 and the world no.12 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(3) 6-3.
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. Their record is 6-0 for Medvedev.
Daniil was the runner-up at the Australian Open and in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open).
The Russian 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.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev squared off 14 times. Their current head to head is 10-4 for Medvedev. Before, the last time they fought against each other, Daniil Medvedev won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) on the 9th of October 2024.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
