Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev starred this Wednesday in what was surely the star match of the round of 16 of Shanghai Masters 1000. He Russian won the 7-6(3) and 6-3. Of course, sparks also probably flew and predictions came true. This time the Greek is the star in this sense.
At a certain moment in the match, when Tsitsipas lost the first set in the tie-break and when he dominated 2-1, with a break up, in the second, the heleno received a warning for a time violationwith 15-30 down for him. Tsitsipas was so enraged that he did not hesitate to withdraw the punishment from the party’s chair umpire, Fergus Murphy.
“I’m the best player on the circuit here”said about controlling the time between serves. Murphy, however, refers to the automatic clock that decided Tsitsipas had gone into overtime. “I’ve never seen you punish my rivals when they last longer than me,” Stefanos said without hesitation.
The referee’s time penalty came after a double fault that stopped Tsitsipas a few seconds longer than allowed, so frustration was already building in the player. “You have no idea about tennis. You probably think you can only play serve and volley all the time”Tsitsipas exclaimed to the referee. “Tennis is a physical sport,” he exploded. The Greek even requested the presence of the tournament supervisor on the court. He had to leave to calm things down.
Of course, the fight could not end in any way: the referee remained faithful to his initial decision and Tsitsipas was mentally paid for the discussion on a break against which allowed Medvedev to recover the lost serve and go for the victory.
Source: La Verdad
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