"This same crowd ripped Martina Hingis & Serena Williams to shreds" - Daniil Medvedev's French Open tantrums fail to amuse tennis fans
Daniil Medvedev suffered a shock opening-round exit at the French Open, losing 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild.
During the match, Medvedev was having a chat with chair umpire Aurelie Tourte over a line call when the crowd started to boo him. The Russian then tried to silence the crowd but the booing persisted.
Tennis fans took to Twitter to speak about the incident, and most were far from amused by Medvedev's antics. One fan called the Russian a 37-year-old man who was yelling without reason. They also recalled the instances when the French Open crowd showed their hostility towards Martina Hingis (1999) and Serena Williams (2003).
"That's a 37 year old man whining about nothing, this same crowd ripped Hingis and Serena to shreds," the fan's tweet read.
that's a 37 year old man whining about nothing this same crowd ripped hingis and serena to shreds twitter.com/TennisTV/statu…
One fan claimed that Medvedev created a distraction for himself with his antics which led to him losing the match.
"And he lost that game because of this kind of distractions he gives himself," the fan's tweet read.
@TennisTV And he lost that game because of this kind of distractions he gives himself.
One fan called the incident embarrassing, commenting:
"This is just very embarrassing nothing funny about it."
This is just very embarrassing nothing funny about it twitter.com/TennisTV/statu…
Here are some more fan reactions:
Daniil Medvedev has heard of picking his battles and today he picked all of them. twitter.com/TennisTV/statu…
Not the first time we are witnessed this behavior from Medevdev when he starts losing 🤗
His consistency is unmatchable!! twitter.com/tennistv/statu…
So that's the reason huh. Seems less of a shocker now🤣🤣😂😂
#RolandGarros #RolandGarros2023 #FrenchOpen2023 #FrenchOpen #Medvedev twitter.com/TennisTV/statu…
@TennisTV And that’s exactly why he lost
@TennisTV literally the unfunniest thing I saw this year...
@TennisTV Clownvedev
Daniil Medvedev says the French Open crowd was "fine"
Daniil Medvedev was asked about the French Open crowd in his post-match press conference. The Russian replied that they were fine apart from the moment they booed him while he was discussing a line call with the umpire.
Medvedev claimed he told the spectators to shut up since he was having a word with the umpire at the time.
"It was fine. The only thing when I asked the umpire to check the mark was pretty close, in my opinion. I was just discussing with her like where does she see the ball in, and getting booed for whatever reason. I just told them to shut up, and that's it. Because I was discussing with another person, not with them, so they should shut up at this moment. Other than that, everything was fine, I think. Yeah," Medvedev said.
The Russian's defeat to Seyboth Wild is the first time he has lost in the opening round of a Major since the 2020 French Open, when he was beaten by Marton Fucsovics.
Medvedev now has 39 wins out of 45 matches so far this season, with five titles to his name.