Daniil Medvedev (Image Credit: The Tennis Letter)
Fans had a laugh at Daniil Medvedev’s hilarious interaction with the chair umpire during his Indian Wells Masters match.
Daniil Medvedev has been at his entertaining best both on and off the court at the Indian Wells Masters. The Russian star’s journey so far in the tournament has been filled with some quality tennis and a lot of rants about the condition of the playing surface.
It was no different during his previous encounter against Zverev – the No.5 seed came back from a set down to win the match but it’s his relentless rant in between games that have gone viral on the internet.
Medvedev has made it clear that he is extremely disappointed with the quality of the courts in California. He took his rants to the next level during his match against Zverev.
“It’s a disgrace to sport, this court. We should be banned from playing here, a freaking disgrace to sport, this freaking court. And they call it hard courts. What a shame to call this awful court a hard court”, Medvedev told the chair umpire, Renaud Lichtenstein. On another occasion between games, he said: “No, no no! It’s not a hard court. I know what is hard court, I’m a specialist.” No one had any answer to Medvedev’s relentless rants and the clips have gone viral on social media.
Let us take a look at some of the reactions from fans on Twitter.
“Daniil is a gem. His verbal skills even without mic are just too good and fun at the same time. I love to listen to him, it makes me smile most of the times”, wrote a fan.
“I really think Daniil needs his own reality show. Who wouldn’t watch that?”, joked another fan.
“How about if they could relay the main court overnight and you had no idea how it would play until you stepped on court? Maybe mix up the ball pressures, too. I’d pay extra for that kind of jeopardy”, read a tweet.
“I’m sure he’s really looking forward to the clay court season”, tweeted another fan.
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