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Daniil Medvedev tells spectator at the Australian Open to 'f**k off'

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Published 23:43 16 Jan 2023 GMT

Daniil Medvedev tells spectator at the Australian Open to 'f**k off'

The two-time finalist was certainly fired up for his opening game, and that perhaps boiled over with an odd clash with a spectator.

Jayden Collins

Jayden Collins

Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev proved that he’s not messing around this Australian Open campaign.

He opened his journey to the final with a straight-sets win over Marcos Giron on Monday (January 16).

The two-time finalist was certainly fired up for his opening game, and that perhaps boiled over with an odd clash with a spectator.

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As he was 5-2 up in the final set, and getting ready to serve up to take home the win he could be seen stopping before turning toward a fan in the crowd.

He then appeared to tell one fan to ‘f**k off’ in quite an abrupt fashion that caused an audible gasp from the rest of those in Rod Laver Arena.

Medvedev was subsequently given a warning by the umpire for an audible obscenity.

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The athlete shook his head in response.

Former British player Tim Henman described it as a ‘very strange time’ for Medvedev to be going off at a fan, just before he was about to take home the win.

He said: “It was a very good performance but a really strange ending with the last two points with his reaction and swearing at someone in the audience.

“Maybe a bit of an afterthought from last year.”

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The 26-year-old had issues with fans at the Australian Open last year, at one time complaining to the chair umpire that he was being heckled by ‘empty-brained… idiots’.

At the time, Medvedev claimed that the fans’ response to to him was partly attributable to his Russian nationality.

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He said: “That sound. It’s disappointing. It’s disrespectful. I’m not sure after 30 years I’m going to want to play tennis.

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“I think nationality plays a key.

“I can definitely see when you [are] playing somebody from the other country, they would go for them and not for [the] Russian… or something like this.

“I feel there is a lot more buzz about tennis in Russia right now. Hopefully, we’ll try to get more people to go for us.”

His win against Giron sets up a second-round clash against Aussie wildcard John Millman.

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Following his first-round matchup Medvedev said: “Really happy with the match, Marcos is a tough opponent and to beat him with this score in the first round of a Slam is great.

“I’m really happy about my level.”

Featured Image Credit: UK Sports Pics Ltd / Alamy. u/BelgianBond/Reddit.

Topics: Tennis, Australia, Australian Open

Jayden Collins
Jayden Collins

Jayden Collins is a Journalist at SPORTbible. He has worked across multiple media platforms in areas such as sport, music, pop culture, entertainment and politics. He is part of the editorial team for LADbible Australia.

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