From now on just call him “Medvedev the showman”. The Russian tennis player, currently number 4 in the ATP rankings, put on a show in the round of 32 of the Masters 1000 in Madrid. He defeated Sebastian Korda in three sets, but this match will not only remember his shots, but also the interludes with his corner and, above all, the dispute with the chair umpire, obviously intercepted by cameras and microphones which recorded everything. Very banal but equally important reason for the dispute: the weather. After losing the first set against the American 7-5, Medvedev appeared very annoyed by the raindrops that began to fall on the Arantxa Sanchez Stadium.
The Russian tennis player threw several dirty looks at the referee in the hope that he would decide to close the roof of the court Manolo Santana. All this, however, did not happen and Daniil, after handing the set into the hands of his opponent, decided to face the chair judge “face to face” to ask for explanations. And the result was a comical scene. Medvedev accuses: “Did you see the rain? Maybe the roof could have been closed.” The judge responds icily: “It’s not my decision.”
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The Russian takes matters further: “Then call someone who is responsible for the decision.” But the referee doesn’t give in: “It’s not me who decides, but them (indicating supervisors and organizers, ed.)”. Daniil then closed it in a brilliant way: “Who decides then? Who are the people who decide? The Illuminati?”. A joke, the latter, which went around the world and made everyone who saw the spat smile. The fact is that, after that episode, Medvedev returned to managing the match in a great way, winning the next two sets and sending home poor Korda, once again mocked after an encouraging start. Medvedev will now face the Kazakh in the round of 16 Bublik.
