By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Photo credit: Sport TV
Through his game and words, Daniil Medvedev can create a tennis tempest of sound and fury.
One of the sport’s most expressive players aims to press the mute button on himself.
Speaking to the media at Indian Wells, Medvedev confessed: “On court, I should speak less.”
Last week in Dubai, 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.
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?”
Former No. 1 Medvedev wound up losing a heart-breaker to Griekspoor and did not shake Nour’s hand though he said afterward he had spoken to the chair umpire…
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