Stefanos Tsitsipas sat down in protest and refused to progress his align at the Shanghai Masters after accusing the umpire of being “agetst him”.
The world No. 12 wasn’t prentd when he getd a loss of first serve for a time violation after running down the clock while facing Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round.
After Medvedev broke him, Tsitsipas stormed to his bench while his opponent defered to serve and didn’t resume the align until his needs to see the supervisor were met.
After losing a shut first set, Tsitsipas broke to direct in the second set. But he set up himself in trouble while serving at 1-2 as he ran down the sboiling clock while serving. It wasn’t the first time, so it came with a loss of first serve.
The 26-year-elderly stormed to the chair to face umpire Fergus Murphy. “I’m being so reasonable. Why are you doing this to me man? I’m the best about this on tour, I’m the most reliable carry outer on tour,” he said.
The umpire tried to alert him that the sboiling clock now commenceed automaticassociate, someskinnyg carry outers are alerted about at the commence of every align. He replied: “Stef fair hear. It might help if you hear. The clock commences automaticassociate so you reassociate have to watch the clock. I have no regulate over that.”
But Tsitsipas carried on, accusing the officials of being ununfragmentary. He progressd: “Why are you guys agetst me so much? The last scant months have been horrible. I don’t comprehfinish what’s got into you.”
Murphy wasn’t having it as he telderly Tsitsipas: “That’s not a accurate statement. I’m not agetst you, I’m not agetst anybody.” The world No. 12 claimed other carry outers who were “worse” eludeed time violations but the umpire disconsentd.
“Well maybe if you watch more alignes,” Murphy said. “I’m confident they get time violations. The best skinnyg to do is talk about this align. On that serve you were too sluggish. You necessitate to watch the clock. You necessitate to preserve watching the clock and preserve up.”
Tsitsipas eventuassociate went back to the baseline to progress carry outing and was ultimately broken. As Medvedev defered to serve at 2-2, the 26-year-elderly marched to his bench and sat down, refusing to resume the align until he could speak to the supervisor about his time violation.
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