By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Thursday, February 27, 2025
Photo credit: Sport TV
Daniil Medvedev transformed Dubai changeover into combat zone.
Frustrated by four match points slipping from his grip, Medvedev dropped the second-set tiebreaker against Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(7), then got into it with chair umpire Adel Nour.
Update: Medvedev lost 2-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 to Griekspoor, and didn’t shake hands with Nour after the loss.
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The chair umpire hit a venting Medvedev with a code violation prompting the mercurial Medvedev to unload.
“What did I say?” Medvedev said standing up from his seat. “What is this a double standard against Russians?
“A double standard?”
BIG argument between Medvedev and the umpire at the end of the set.Daniil was completely losing it but Adel Nour was not backing down and screaming back to him. pic.twitter.com/dXlauTSk52
— José Morgado…
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