Daniil Medvedev became the latest high seed to fall at the Paris Masters losing his temper before losing his match to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday.
After second seed Carlos Alcaraz tumbled against qualifier Roman Safiullin late the previous evening, Medvedev, seeded third, open Wednesday’s play at Bercy by losing a marathon to 17th-ranked Dimitrov, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6.In a match that lasted two hours and 54 minutes, Medvedev was always chasing and at one point in the second set threatened to stop if the crowd kept whistling him, although he later said he was determined to win over the Paris fans.
When the Bulgarian broke to 5-5, Medvedev threw his racket which brought whistles from the crowd. That further upset the Russian. “They’re stupid! If they don’t whistle, I’ll play!”, Medvedev said before telling the crowd . “I play guys, but shut your mouths, okay!” “When I throw my racket, I’m allowed to get whistled at, it’s a bad reaction,” he later told the press conference. “On the other hand, if I serve, and they whistle and applaud at the same time, it’s a bit weird”.
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