Watch: Daniil Medvedev yells at his coach, who walks away from the court docket
After happening by a set and a break, Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev lashed out at his coach, who reacted by leaving the stadium. The video of the incident has gone viral the place coach Gilles Cervara stood up from his seat and stormed out of the court docket after being yelled at by Medvedev throughout the Halle ultimate.
Medvedev was visibly pissed off and indignant after Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz dominated Medvedev within the Halle ultimate as he handed the Russian a 6-1 6-4 loss. After dominating the primary set, Hurkacz broke Medvedev within the opening recreation of the second set.
Medvedev’s outburst irked many on the court docket and afterward social media. Having seen the tennis star react like this, one of many commentators stated on air,” “Gilles Cervara has seen enough. I’m not sure if there’s been something said there or whether it was just the nature of that point but he is leaving the OWL arena. I can’t quite believe what I’ve seen there.”
For the Russian Tennis participant, this isn’t the primary defeat within the ultimate since he received the US Open win final 12 months. He beforehand misplaced to Novak Djokovic, who he had defeated within the fourth grand slam ultimate in 2021, in Paris Masters ultimate, Alexander Zverev in ATP World Tour Finals, Rafael Nadal in Australia Open ultimate, and Tim van Rijthoven in Libema Open ultimate.
It wasn’t Medvedev’s first outburst on the tennis court docket as nicely. The 26-year outdated had misplaced his cool earlier this 12 months throughout the Australian Open, calling the chair umpire, ‘stupid’ throughout his semi-final match towards Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Medvedev will subsequent be competing on the Mallorca Open, the place he has been seeded No.1. He won’t function at Wimbledon 2022 owing to the ban on Russian gamers.