Heated scenes in Shanghai! The Greek superstar, Stefanos Tsitsipas is currently taking Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the R16 of the Shanghai Masters. Medvedev won the first set by 7-6(3) and even in the second, he has now taken a lead of 4-3. However, that’s not the only hot topic at the moment. Fans were taken by surprise after seeing Tsitsipas getting engaged in a heated exchange with the chair umpire during the match. What all the fuss is about though?
During the second set, when the Tsitsipas initially took a lead of 2-1 against the Russian, he received a time violation. Stefanos Tsitsipas was heard asking the umpire, “Why are you doing this to me man?” Then the chair umpire replied to him saying that the clock starts automatically. Then Tsitsipas further went on to claim, “I’m the best about this on tour, the most consistent player about this on tour.” However, the chair umpire looked literally unmoved by all these statements, he further advised him, “Just listen. It might help if you listen. The clock starts automatically. I have no control over that.”
Stefanos Tsitsipas weren’t too pleased with all these explanations! He further added, “Why are you guys against me so much? The last few months have been terrible. I don’t understand what’s gotten into you.” After hearing this the umpire clarified that he was not against him or anybody. However, the Greek went on arguing with him by claiming that he hadn’t seen any of his opponents get a time violation besides himself. “Well maybe if you watch more matches. We give lots of time violations,” the umpire replied. Stefanos Tsitsipas then pointed out that there are some out there who are much worse than him in all these.
The umpire then said that he was pretty much sure that even they get a time violation and also advised the ATP star, to talk about this match. “On that serve, you were too slow. You need to watch the clock. You have to keep watching the clock and keep up,” said the umpire. After that, Stefanos Tsitisipas went back to serve and got broken. Yet again Tsitsipas came back to the umpire’s chair and continued arguing. He went a step ahead this time and stated, “My issue is the double fault you just took away from me. That’s the issue. Have you never played tennis in your life? You have no clue about tennis it seems like.” Then the umpire gave back to Tsitsipas saying, “I’m not as good as you are, but I’ve played.”
Tsitsipas not happy with the umpire after getting a time violation in his match against Daniil Medvedev in Shanghai
Stef: “Why are you doing this to me man?”
“The clock starts automatically.”
Stef: “I’m the best about this on tour, the most consistent player about this on… pic.twitter.com/ENwTFd2b1N
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) October 9, 2024
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