Tsitsipas caught it with an umpire: “You have no idea about tennis” :: Olé

Stefanos Tsitsipas (12°) has a reputation for being hot.and it is not at all unusual to see him questioning a referee’s decision, getting angry with himself or crossing paths with people outside the court (his father even hit on her in the middle of the game). In the round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters 1000, in China (floor), a new episode was experienced: The Greek got into a fight with the umpire, to whom he told that “you have no idea about tennis.”

In the middle of the match with the Russian Daniil Medvedev (5th), with whom he lost 7-6 (3) and 6-3 after almost two hours (1h50m), Judge Fergus Murphy penalized him for exceeding the service time and took away his first serve. Far from backing down, Tsitsipas attacked.

“Why are you doing this? I’m the most consistent tennis player on tour. Why are they against me all of a sudden? I don’t understand. The last few months were terrible, I don’t understand what I did to you. “I didn’t see that any of my opponents were called attention to the time apart from me,” said the tennis player, to whom the Irishman tried to explain that “the clock runs automatically.”

The match continued, but the Greek did not forget the matter and after a while, during a break, he complained again about the previous call: “Haven’t you played tennis in your life? You have no idea, or so it seems. You definitely don’t have a career, you probably play serve and volley all the time. Tennis is a physical sport and we need some time. You have to show some compassion. “We’re not throwing darts.” The situation escalated to the point that Stefanos refused to play until a supervisor showed up.

Francis Tiafoe had a similar incident in his duel with Safiulinsince he received a warning although at a more critical moment (during a tie-break that defined the match, with a defeat for him as well), and he let out a rarely seen outburst towards the umpire: “¡Fuck you! ¡Fuck you!”. To the ball…