“Don’t take your eyes off me.” Medvedev again did not hold back his emotions and struggled with a fan in Montreal

Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev known for his impulsive behavior, which he showed again during the ATP tournament in Montreal.

After an offensive defeat in the second round, coming off the court, he had a conflict with a fan who insulted him. The Russian did not remain silent.

Unexpected failure after victory

After picking up his first victory of the season in Los Cabos, Mexico last week, Medvedev looked set to claim the next title easily in Montreal.

But in Canada, he did not stay long, losing in his first match, falling in the second round of the tournament.

However, his opponent was not one of the weak – Australian Nick Kirios, who had just played in the Wimbledon final. He created a lot of problems for Medvedev, especially with the help of the service and the first shot, the key to which our tennis player did not take.

“I hope to play well in Cincinnati and the US Open,” the Russian said after the loss, making it clear that he was not going to focus on chess. “And by good, I mean winning.

“What you said?”

The mood is commendable, but Medvedev still failed to immediately focus on the next step. A video shot by an eyewitness appeared on the network, in which the Russian came into conflict with a tennis fan.

In this one, the tennis player left the room below the stands after Kirios’ defeat, walked through the crowd of fans who were standing behind the fence in the hope of getting an autograph from their favorites, while he heard a cry from the crowd:

“Losing!”

Instead of calmly continuing his journey, Medvedev turned and walked towards where the exclamation came from.

– What you said? he asked the young man.

It was hard to hear the response and the continued dialogue. Accurately enough, Medvedev said he was “calm” but “didn’t like” what he heard. In addition, the Russian urged the offender ‘not to look away’ and ‘turn on your brains’. At this point, those around him began to insist that the upstart apologize, but it is unclear whether or not he did.

The guards immediately reacted to the conflict and from the first seconds circled the first number of the rating, reducing the likelihood of physical contact to zero.

“Look at me, I’m talking to you!

Medvedev is notorious for not always being able to contain his emotions. The latest sensational episode was a skirmish with the referee in the semi-final match against Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open this year. The Russian was literally furious because the referee hadn’t paid attention to what the opponent’s father was telling him from the stands.

– Are you stupid? Can his father talk to him after every prank? Maybe? Are you going to answer my question? Look at me, I’m talking to you! – that and not just shouted at Judge Medvedev after another prompt from the podium.

After the encounter, which he won, our tennis player apologized for his behavior, but was still fined $12,000 for insulting the referee.

There in Australia, it became clear that Medvedev was most pissed off not by the opposition’s actions, the hints from the stands or the stubbornness of the referees, but by the fans. Throughout the tournament, they booed the Russian – first because he was playing with their compatriot, then – because he cut himself in the final against the great Rafael Nadal. In the decisive match, Medvedev could not stand it and asked the referee if he could calm the stands. And then he just diagnosed them – “empty-headed idiots.” He lost that final and made it clear that he was incredibly disappointed with the tennis fans.

So it’s no surprise that in Montreal, the Russian couldn’t miss the chance to talk face-to-face with one of the malcontents. Maybe it was just a momentary emotional impulse that Daniil couldn’t hold back, or maybe he was having psychological therapy – to say what was bothering him so that in the future he wouldn’t pay attention to the hissing anymore. in the stands and to insults.