Karen Khachanov Upsets Daniil Medvedev at Monte Carlo Masters 1,000: Controversy Ensues

Karen Khachakov (number 17 in the ranking) gave the first surprise of the day at the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000, by beating Daniil Medvedev in the duel, 6-3 and 7-5, reaching the round of 16 of a tournament in Principality that already has the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (n.9) in the second round.

However, the highlight of the match was the Russian’s new aggressive reaction, this time against the chair umpire, the Brazilian Carlos Bernardes, a historic umpire who will retire at the end of this season.

The experienced referee suffered the wrath of the former world number 1, who was very upset after the South American’s decision to call a double fault against him. In the images of the official broadcast you could see the moment in which, after losing the point, the current ATP number 4 threw his racket violently towards the retaining fences.

Annoyed with the situation, at the time of the break, the tennis player decided to directly rebuke the chair umpire, before having a heated talk with the ATP supervisor, Cedric Mourier. “Did I ask the physio? Did I ask the physio?” he shouted at the Brazilian when he saw two medical specialists approaching. “I told them to come because of the bleeding,” Bernardes responded cordially.

With the intention of calming the waters, Mourier approached and that was when Medvedev burst out: “Cedric, Cedric. Go look for the brand. They no longer know how to referee. The mark is out. Who will take action? Who will take action? Action? Yesterday the ball was out. Who will take action? This ball is out there. Who will take responsibility? It is not my responsibility to referee the matches. “It’s this guy with glasses, who doesn’t need glasses because he doesn’t see anything, he shouldn’t be a referee.”

Medvedev spoke with ATP supervisor

“I am in front of him. It’s a slow ball. They are 15-30. He is a bad referee. He should be out of the referee’s circle. It’s clay. It’s not a hard court, it’s outside. Who will take responsibility? Answer this, the camera is watching. Who will take responsibility? You are the supervisor. I understand. But who will take responsibility after the game? Because the ball is out. You can check. So who will take responsibility for this? “I just lost the game because of this,” the Russian continued, visibly very upset.

“He called the physiotherapist when I don’t need him and he doesn’t see any defects. Why is he circumventing the rule. Open your damn eyes. Open your eyes. Sit there, do something. Open your eyes right now. “It’s out there!” she said.

Finally, the current world number four was sanctioned with a penalty point.

Curiously, in the previous, and after having defeated Gael Monfils, Medvedev had made references to his temperament in a press conference: “Knowing who I am and where I come from in terms of attitude, sometimes I will go crazy on the court, whether for myself, for my team, the public, the referee… Sometimes it will happen. “I’m trying to work so that I go crazy less often and affect my game less.”

Regarding the victory within the tournament, Khachanov needed just under two hours, and just two sets, to defeat a Medvedev who had beaten him in the last four matches and whom he had not won since October 2018.

With this result, the Russian (he committed 8 double faults, 19 unforced errors) could not defend the 180 points he had achieved in the tournament in 2023. This result suffered in his first tournament on clay this year tainted a start to the season brilliant, which already saw him in the finals of the Australian Open and Indian Wells and the semifinals of Miami.

2024-04-11 16:01:00
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