JustMy2Cents
Hall of Fame
Tallon Griekspoor gets a fantastic win over top seed and 2023 Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 7-6(8), 7-5 and reaches the semifinals in Dubai.
No handshake for the umpire from Medvedev...
Meddy up 6-2, 5-4, 40-15 on Griekspoor's serve...[had 4 MPs]... and yet...
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Tallon Griekspoor gets a fantastic win over top seed and 2023 Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 7-6(8), 7-5 and reaches the semifinals in Dubai.
No handshake for the umpire from Medvedev...
JustMy2Cents
Hall of Fame
Medvedev receiving code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct in match against Griekspoor
edited to add video link here:
Daniil: “For what?”
“You know what you said to me”
Daniil: “You’re very soft huh? Very soft.” Daniil: “What is this, double standards against Russians?”
Medvedev asked Nour if he had "double standards against Russians."
umpire "Don't say something like this. Daniil, I'm very fair! I treat you all exactly the same".
edited to add video link here:
Daniil: “For what?”
“You know what you said to me”
Daniil: “You’re very soft huh? Very soft.” Daniil: “What is this, double standards against Russians?”
Medvedev asked Nour if he had "double standards against Russians."
umpire "Don't say something like this. Daniil, I'm very fair! I treat you all exactly the same".
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The Blond Blur
G.O.A.T.
Midvedev playing the victim ethnicity card is just nauseating. No one gaf if you’re Russian, or Serbian, or fill in the blank. If you act like a petulant child on the court then you’re going to be treated like one. There’s not some toady cabal western media establishment boogeyman out to get you.
The Aceserver
Rookie
He’s just a big kid that doesn’t know how to fight. 
Fabresque
Legend
You know exactly what you’re doing here.
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
Im a Medvedev fan, but those comments are despicable. To make a suggestion that the umpire may not be impartial and corruptible directly to their face is literally the most professionally disrespectful thing you could possibly say ti a chair umpire.
He will rightly be in big trouble for this, the same he was when he did the coin thing at Wimbledon.
He will rightly be in big trouble for this, the same he was when he did the coin thing at Wimbledon.
The Blond Blur
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, it’s called dispelling a narrative that’s constantly pushed on here.
Service Ace
Hall of Fame
It’s nothing new from him. He’s still the same sore loser crybaby he’s always been.
JustMy2Cents
Hall of Fame
video here
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Medvedev has some of the worst losses of all time. Yikes! Look at the scores in that tweet, sheesh! Lol 
I’m just glad the world has finally come around.
It’s been obvious who he is for years and years.
sportsfan1
Legend
A polite discussion is ok, but why does the atp allow these angry outbursts from players at the umpires on the court? It's a bad look. I know the player may be given a small monetary fine later, but that really amounts to nothing.
Have security step in and get the player to shut up right there and then.
Have security step in and get the player to shut up right there and then.
vive le beau jeu !
Talk Tennis Guru
Zardoz7/12
Hall of Fame
Medvedev has a history of meltdowns and incidents, he should get a fine for bringing the game into disrepute.
It's not far away from Hewitt saying the Umpire was favourable towards James Blake because of the colour of his skin, thankfully Hewitt cleaned up his act near the end of his career but Medvedev is nearly 29, he should grow up.
Daniil lost because he choked, it's that simple and he can only blame himself nobody else.
It's not far away from Hewitt saying the Umpire was favourable towards James Blake because of the colour of his skin, thankfully Hewitt cleaned up his act near the end of his career but Medvedev is nearly 29, he should grow up.
Daniil lost because he choked, it's that simple and he can only blame himself nobody else.
Nadal did that to him...Medvedev has some of the worst losses of all time. Yikes! Look at the scores in that tweet, sheesh! Lol
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Players do receive differing treatment though. It's not a cabal, it's sloppiness. Rules are enforced differently by different umpires.
They are so strict about the time now, not giving the umpires any leeway to judge whether to start the clock a little late based on external factors, but haven't straightened out some of these other issues.
The Blond Blur
G.O.A.T.
Players do receive differing treatment…which is usually determined by things like ranking, star power, and money making ability. Midvedev isn’t receiving stricter treatment because he’s Russian, but because he’s constantly throwing on court tantrums.
And one of the main other issues that we see in all sports is the human factor. If the umpire just doesn’t like you for one reason or another, or just no reason at all, you better not give him the opportunity to make judgment calls. Medvedev isn’t a universally liked player. Heck even Federer was harshly/unfairly treated by a certain umpire. It’s unavoidable sometimes.
Fabresque
Legend
Novak lives rent free up there eh?
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Who treated Federer harshly?
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Yes, in this case, I don't think Russian has anything to do with it.
Although it is weird that they are still not displaying the player flags for Russians. But I don't think at an individual level umpires care about any of that.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
Now he is blaming the balls again and calling Tallon lucky on some shots.
www.sportskeeda.com
Tallon used classic anti-pusher tactics to beat him - came to net a lot himself and brought Medvedev to net whenever he could to show up his inept net game. Maybe if Medvedev stopped trying to push so much from 20 feet behind the baseline, the balls wouldn’t bother him as much. Ironic that someone who acts as a bully to umpires and even to opponents sometimes then plays a very passive style of tennis and complains that he can’t hit the balls hard enough to bother his opponents anymore while they don’t have a problem doing it to him. Who is the ‘small cat’ now?
"It was ridiculous... I don't understand" - Daniil Medvedev takes out his frustrations on balls after Dubai drama and eventual loss
Daniil Medvedev, the top seed at the Dubai Tennis Championships 2025, crashed out of the quarterfinals after a three-set battle against Tallon Griekspoor [6-2, (7) 6-7, 5-7].
www.sportskeeda.com
Tallon used classic anti-pusher tactics to beat him - came to net a lot himself and brought Medvedev to net whenever he could to show up his inept net game. Maybe if Medvedev stopped trying to push so much from 20 feet behind the baseline, the balls wouldn’t bother him as much. Ironic that someone who acts as a bully to umpires and even to opponents sometimes then plays a very passive style of tennis and complains that he can’t hit the balls hard enough to bother his opponents anymore while they don’t have a problem doing it to him. Who is the ‘small cat’ now?
The Blond Blur
G.O.A.T.
More like we’re all just tired of your side claiming that everyone is always out to get him.
It was actually funny. In his last match against Cilic, he was given a warning for delaying Cilic’s serve, which in fact wasn’t true as the shot clock was showing no delay. I can’t remember who the umpire was though.
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Wow, I do remember that.
Meddy is griping that the slow balls give the volleyer extra time to react. So he thinks the current game unfairly favors the guy at the net! There's an eye-roller for you.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Medvedev and Rublev need therapy lol
Red Rick
Bionic Poster
Russian victim card gets bonus point cause Russian victim narrative is part of propaganda in land war in Europe.
Lleytonstation
Talk Tennis Guru
He is doing it on purpose now.
Better_Call_Raul
Hall of Fame
The tennis establishment has banned Russians from Davis Cup, banned Russians from Olympics, banned Russians from Wimbledon?!, etc.
The poor Rublev was kicked out of Dubai for cursing in Russian. Cursing in a foreign language. Unheard of.
Russophobia is rampant amongst the powers that be. Let's not pretend otherwise.
It is only a matter of time before Russians begin to develop persecution complexes.
The poor Rublev was kicked out of Dubai for cursing in Russian. Cursing in a foreign language. Unheard of.
Russophobia is rampant amongst the powers that be. Let's not pretend otherwise.
It is only a matter of time before Russians begin to develop persecution complexes.
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