Published 14:43 IST, October 17th 2019

Tennis fall out: Daniil Medvedev hits back at Tsitsipas criticism

World no.4 Daniil Medvedev has given his own dig at Stefanos Tsitsipas after he termed a match with Medvedev as boring. Here is what he said in his reply.

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World .4 Daniil Medvedev has taken a dig at Stefas Tsitsipas after he termed a match with Medvedev as 'boring'. two went he to he in semi-finals of Shanghai Masters held recently, Russian won match in straight sets. But it was post-match press conference where it all started. Tsitsipas termed match as ‘boring’ when he was asked what it is like to play Medvedev.

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Talking to press, Tsitsipas claimed that it’s t about being rude to his opponent but it is just boring playing against him. reason he gave was that he has a huge serve and if Tsitsipas mans to pick it, it’s just countless balls inside court. He said that only way to tackle him is making Medvedev move and being accurate with side to side shots or else ball will just keep coming back again and again which Tsitsipas termed as boring.

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Medvedev hits back

Russian player Medvedev is currently on a winning streak of nine matches. Also, he has played in six finals since Wimbledon. Replying to Tsitsipas’ comments, he brushed off 21-year-old’s comments and poked fun at him for what he said about his Laver Cup celebration. He said that every tennis player can say something nasty about some or player. Medvedev stated that a lot of Russian and International tennis players laughed at Tsitsipas’ answer about Laver Cup celebration. He claimed that Tsitsipas said that he was forced to drink alcohol that too t in a funny way. He stated that Greek player can’t be taken seriously.

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At a press conference after Shanghai Masters last week, Alexander Zverev termed that two of m have a weird relationship and he doesn’t want to get into this fiasco when he was asked about ir fall out.

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10:21 IST, October 17th 2019