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{{external media|width=35%|video1={{YouTube|mDX6K7t-JcE|Post-match encounter at the 2018 Miami Open}}. Medvedev yelled to Tsitsipas: "Man, you better shut your fuck up, okay? Hey Stefanos, you wanna look at me and talk? You have some problems, you go emergency toilet for five minutes? ... And then you hit let and you don't say sorry, you think you are a good kid? Look at me! Hey, look at me, huh? You don't look at me? He started it. He started it. He started it. Yes, he started it. He said 'bullshit Russian', you think this is normal? I answer him because he doesn't know how to fight. He's a small kid who doesn't know how to fight. If he doesn't say anything, I have no problems with him. But if he says something to me and he wants to fight, he needs to do it. But he doesn't look at me after".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/miami-open-daniil-medvedev-blows-up-at-stefanos-tsitsipas-39603027.html|title='Shut your f*** up': Tennis players in huge blow-up|date=22 March 2018|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports|Yahoo! Sport Australia]]|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/22/umpire-intervenes-miami-open-daniil-medvedev-rages-stefanos-tsitsipas-7409864/|title=Umpire intervenes at Miami Open as Daniil Medvedev rages at Stefanos Tsitsipas|last=Rice|first=Simon|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=22 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>}}
{{external media|width=35%|video1={{YouTube|mDX6K7t-JcE|Post-match encounter at the 2018 Miami Open}}. Medvedev yelled to Tsitsipas: "Man, you better shut your fuck up, okay? Hey Stefanos, you wanna look at me and talk? You have some problems, you go emergency toilet for five minutes? ... And then you hit let and you don't say sorry, you think you are a good kid? Look at me! Hey, look at me, huh? You don't look at me? He started it. He started it. He started it. Yes, he started it. He said 'bullshit Russian', you think this is normal? I answer him because he doesn't know how to fight. He's a small kid who doesn't know how to fight. If he doesn't say anything, I have no problems with him. But if he says something to me and he wants to fight, he needs to do it. But he doesn't look at me after".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/miami-open-daniil-medvedev-blows-up-at-stefanos-tsitsipas-39603027.html|title='Shut your f*** up': Tennis players in huge blow-up|date=22 March 2018|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports|Yahoo! Sport Australia]]|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/22/umpire-intervenes-miami-open-daniil-medvedev-rages-stefanos-tsitsipas-7409864/|title=Umpire intervenes at Miami Open as Daniil Medvedev rages at Stefanos Tsitsipas|last=Rice|first=Simon|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=22 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>}}


Medvedev and Tsitsipas first played each other in the first round of the [[2018 Miami Open – Men's singles|2018 Miami Open]], when both were ranked outside of the top 50 and were 22 and 19 years old respectively. Medvedev made a comeback after dropping the first set to win {{tennis score|6|2|-}} in the third. However, the match is better remembered for a verbal altercation after the players shook hands.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/miami-spice-the-heated-clash-that-sparked-medvedev-tsitsipas-rivalry-20220127-p59rqz.html|title=Miami spice: The heated clash that sparked Medvedev, Tsitsipas rivalry|work=[[The Age]]|publisher=[[Nine Entertainment|Nine]]|last=Phillips|first=Sam|date=27 January 2022|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Express1">{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1556770/Daniil-Medvedev-Stefanos-Tsitsipas-Australian-Open-semi-final-Miami-Open-feud-tennis-news|title=Daniil Medvedev launched tirade at 'small kid' Stefanos Tsitsipas - 'Shut the f*** up'|work=[[Daily Express]]|last=Syed|first=Yasmin|date=27 January 2022|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Russian Medvedev, upset about some of his opponent's etiquette during the match and especially that Greek Tsitsipas had muttered "bullshit Russian" at the net,<!--Tsitsipas "said what I said"<ref name="Fox2"/>--> yelled at Tsitsipas from his bench, "Man, you better shut your fuck up, okay?" He then got up and began complaining that Tsitsipas had taken a long bathroom break (Medvedev also took one) and took issue with Tsitsipas not apologizing for hitting the [[net cord]] during a point. As the chair umpire intervened, Tsitsipas quietly packed his bag to leave the court while Medvedev continued, "Look at me ... He started it ... He's a small kid who doesn't know how to fight".<ref name="Express1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ubitennis.net/2018/03/small-kid-doesnt-know-fight-daniil-medvedev-slams-opponent-miami/|title='A Small Kid That Doesn't Know How To Fight' – Daniil Medvedev Slams Opponent In Miami|last=Addicott|first=Adam|work=Ubitennis|date=22 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2018/03/23/tennis-player-yells-at-opponent-after-match-cites-emergency-bathroom-break/111142194/|title=Daniil Medvedev berates Tsitsipas at Miami Open|work=[[USA Today]]|last=Mandell|first=Nina|date=23 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/11300419/miami-open-danil-medvedev-takes-exception-to-stefanos-tsitsipas|title=Miami Open: Daniil Medvedev takes exception to Stefanos Tsitsipas|last=Mirza|first=Raz|work=[[Sky Sports]]|publisher=[[Sky Group]]|date=23 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>
Medvedev and Tsitsipas first played each other in the first round of the [[2018 Miami Open – Men's singles|2018 Miami Open]], when both were ranked outside of the top 50 and were 22 and 19 years old respectively. Medvedev made a comeback after dropping the first set to win {{tennis score|6|2|-}} in the third. However, the match is better remembered for a verbal altercation after the players shook hands.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/miami-spice-the-heated-clash-that-sparked-medvedev-tsitsipas-rivalry-20220127-p59rqz.html|title=Miami spice: The heated clash that sparked Medvedev, Tsitsipas rivalry|work=[[The Age]]|publisher=[[Nine Entertainment|Nine]]|last=Phillips|first=Sam|date=27 January 2022|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Express1">{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1556770/Daniil-Medvedev-Stefanos-Tsitsipas-Australian-Open-semi-final-Miami-Open-feud-tennis-news|title=Daniil Medvedev launched tirade at 'small kid' Stefanos Tsitsipas - 'Shut the f*** up'|work=[[Daily Express]]|last=Syed|first=Yasmin|date=27 January 2022|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Russian Medvedev, upset about some of his opponent's etiquette during the match and especially that Greek Tsitsipas had muttered "bullshit Russian" at the net,<!--Tsitsipas "said what I said"<ref name="Fox2"/>--> yelled at Tsitsipas from his bench, "Man, you better shut your (sic) fuck up, okay?" He then got up and began complaining that Tsitsipas had taken a long bathroom break (Medvedev also took one) and took issue with Tsitsipas not apologizing for hitting the [[net cord]] during a point. As the chair umpire intervened, Tsitsipas quietly packed his bag to leave the court while Medvedev continued, "Look at me ... He started it ... He's a small kid who doesn't know how to fight".<ref name="Express1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ubitennis.net/2018/03/small-kid-doesnt-know-fight-daniil-medvedev-slams-opponent-miami/|title='A Small Kid That Doesn't Know How To Fight' – Daniil Medvedev Slams Opponent In Miami|last=Addicott|first=Adam|work=Ubitennis|date=22 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2018/03/23/tennis-player-yells-at-opponent-after-match-cites-emergency-bathroom-break/111142194/|title=Daniil Medvedev berates Tsitsipas at Miami Open|work=[[USA Today]]|last=Mandell|first=Nina|date=23 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/11300419/miami-open-danil-medvedev-takes-exception-to-stefanos-tsitsipas|title=Miami Open: Daniil Medvedev takes exception to Stefanos Tsitsipas|last=Mirza|first=Raz|work=[[Sky Sports]]|publisher=[[Sky Group]]|date=23 March 2018|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>


Tsitsipas later said the "overall ambience" after the match was overly hostile.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/sports/tennis/australian-open-medvedev-tsitsipas.html|last=Rothenberg|first=Ben|title=2021 Australian Open: Medvedev and Tsitsipas Chase a Grand Slam Final|date=18 February 2021|access-date=9 January 2023|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Of the "bullshit Russian" remark, he has said that Medvedev had been chiding him midmatch for not apologizing for hitting the net cord, but that he "did get pissed and said what I said, which I do regret".<ref name="Fox2"/>
Tsitsipas later said the "overall ambience" after the match was overly hostile.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/sports/tennis/australian-open-medvedev-tsitsipas.html|last=Rothenberg|first=Ben|title=2021 Australian Open: Medvedev and Tsitsipas Chase a Grand Slam Final|date=18 February 2021|access-date=9 January 2023|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Of the "bullshit Russian" remark, he has said that Medvedev had been chiding him midmatch for not apologizing for hitting the net cord, but that he "did get pissed and said what I said, which I do regret".<ref name="Fox2"/>

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Stefanos Tsitsipas
Daniil Medvedev

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas have faced each other 12 times since 2018, with Medvedev leading the rivalry, 8–4. They are considered to be two of the best tennis players of their generation. According to the BBC, "The pair have long had a spiky relationship and, while there is respect and cordiality, an element of drama always appears when they meet".[1]

Medvedev won his first five matches against Tsitsipas, but Tsitsipas has won four of their last seven.

Notable matches

2018 Miami Open

External videos
video icon Post-match encounter at the 2018 Miami Open on YouTube. Medvedev yelled to Tsitsipas: "Man, you better shut your fuck up, okay? Hey Stefanos, you wanna look at me and talk? You have some problems, you go emergency toilet for five minutes? ... And then you hit let and you don't say sorry, you think you are a good kid? Look at me! Hey, look at me, huh? You don't look at me? He started it. He started it. He started it. Yes, he started it. He said 'bullshit Russian', you think this is normal? I answer him because he doesn't know how to fight. He's a small kid who doesn't know how to fight. If he doesn't say anything, I have no problems with him. But if he says something to me and he wants to fight, he needs to do it. But he doesn't look at me after".[2][3]

Medvedev and Tsitsipas first played each other in the first round of the 2018 Miami Open, when both were ranked outside of the top 50 and were 22 and 19 years old respectively. Medvedev made a comeback after dropping the first set to win 6–2 in the third. However, the match is better remembered for a verbal altercation after the players shook hands.[4][5] Russian Medvedev, upset about some of his opponent's etiquette during the match and especially that Greek Tsitsipas had muttered "bullshit Russian" at the net, yelled at Tsitsipas from his bench, "Man, you better shut your (sic) fuck up, okay?" He then got up and began complaining that Tsitsipas had taken a long bathroom break (Medvedev also took one) and took issue with Tsitsipas not apologizing for hitting the net cord during a point. As the chair umpire intervened, Tsitsipas quietly packed his bag to leave the court while Medvedev continued, "Look at me ... He started it ... He's a small kid who doesn't know how to fight".[5][6][7][8]

Tsitsipas later said the "overall ambience" after the match was overly hostile.[9] Of the "bullshit Russian" remark, he has said that Medvedev had been chiding him midmatch for not apologizing for hitting the net cord, but that he "did get pissed and said what I said, which I do regret".[10]

2019 ATP Finals

Tsitsipas scored his first win over Medvedev in their sixth meeting, in the group stage of the 2019 ATP Finals, an event that Tsitsipas eventually won. Tsitsipas never faced break point in the match, winning a close tiebreak in the first set and breaking Medvedev's serve once in the second.[11] He said afterward that "It's a victory that I craved for a long time now".[10]

2022 Australian Open

At the 2022 Australian Open, No. 2 seed Medvedev and No. 4 seed Tsitsipas met in the semifinals. Both players received fines from the ATP because of this match, which was a rematch of their 2021 semifinal that Medvedev won in straight sets. Medvedev was fined AU$12,000 (about US$8,400) for unsportsmanlike conduct toward chair umpire Jaume Campistol. During a changeover in the second set, after dropping his serve with a double fault, Medvedev erupted in frustration, yelling repeatedly at the umpire, "His father can talk every point? Bro, are you stupid? His father can talk every point?! ... Can his father talk every point?!"[12][13][14] He later called Campistol a "small cat" for not citing his opponent for on-court coaching.[13][14] In fact Tsitsipas's father Apostolos, who often gets coaching warnings at his son's matches, was shouting finable advice (in Greek) from the player's box, something tournament officials eventually laid bare in the fourth set in a "sting operation" using Greek umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore. Tsitsipas failed to win another game after he was given a coaching warning and fined AU$5,000 (about US$3,500).[13][14][15] Medvedev managed to dial in on return as the match went on, winning 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.[14][16]

Postmatch, Medvedev regretted his reaction to the umpire, saying "I think we can say it was funny, but I was definitely out of my mind".[15]

2022 ATP Finals

Though neither would ultimately make it out of the group stage, Medvedev and Tsitsipas faced off in a win-or-go-home match at the 2022 ATP Finals. After Tsitsipas took the first set relatively comfortably, Medvedev saved three match points in a "dramatic" second-set tiebreaker that he captured on his own fourth set point. However, up a break at the end of the third set, Medvedev failed to serve out the match, partly due to an untimely pair of double faults, and Tsitsipas cruised through the decisive tiebreaker, winning 6–3, 6–7(11–13), 7–6(7–1).[17][18]

Relationship

Former No. 2 Alexander Zverev, a generational rival of both players, said in 2019 that Medvedev and Tsitsipas "have a weird relationship a little bit".[19] Tsitsipas once called Medvedev's game style "boring", but later took it back, saying "He just plays extremely smart and outplays you".[20] Their relationship "thawed" over time and "kind of got better" after they were teammates at the 2021 Laver Cup.[9][21] Medvedev has since said of Tsitsipas, "I think we respect each other as players but probably not so much on personal level ... We don't have any sort of relationship at all, I would say".[22]

Head-to-head

Legend Medvedev Tsitsipas
Grand Slam 3 1
Tour Finals 0 2
Masters 1000 4 1
500 1 0
Total[23][24] 8 4
No. Year Tournament Tier Surface Round Winner Score Length Sets Medvedev Tsitsipas
1. 2018 Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard Round of 128 Medvedev 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 1:52 3/3 1 0
2. 2018 US Open Grand Slam Hard Round of 64 Medvedev 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 2:48 4/5 2 0
3. 2018 Swiss Indoors 500 Hard (i) Quarterfinals Medvedev 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 1:50 3/3 3 0
4. 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 Clay Round of 16 Medvedev 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 1:45 3/3 4 0
5. 2019 Shanghai Masters Masters 1000 Hard Semifinals Medvedev 7–6(7–5), 7–5 1:36 2/3 5 0
6. 2019 ATP Finals Tour Finals Hard (i) Round Robin Tsitsipas 7–6(7–5), 6–4 1:42 2/3 5 1
7. 2021 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard Semifinals Medvedev 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 2:09 3/5 6 1
8. 2021 French Open Grand Slam Clay Quarterfinals Tsitsipas 6–3, 7–6(7–3), 7–5 2:19 3/5 6 2
9. 2022 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard Semifinals Medvedev 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 2:30 4/5 7 2
10. 2022 Cincinnati Masters Masters 1000 Hard Semifinals Tsitsipas 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–3 2:23 3/3 7 3
11. 2022 ATP Finals Tour Finals Hard (i) Round Robin Tsitsipas 6–3, 6–7(11–13), 7–6(7–1) 2:21 3/3 7 4
12. 2023 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay Semifinals Medvedev 7–5, 7–5 1:47 2/3 8 4


See also

References

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  2. ^ "'Shut your f*** up': Tennis players in huge blow-up". Yahoo! Sport Australia. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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