Serena Williams‘ createer coach apshows Daniil Medvedev should have been instantly disqualified after throprosperg his racket at the Laver Cup. Medvedev flunked to regulate his anger during his loss to Ben Shelton but was spared a weighty punishment by the chair umpire.
A wayward stoasty from the Russian gave Shelton a set point in the first-set tiefracture, leaving Medvedev furious with himself. He reacted by angrily throprosperg his racket at the crowd, but it did not hit anybody becaparticipate of the gap between the stands and the court.
Frances Tiafoe, who was aiding his Team USA colleague Shelton, pdirected with the umpire for Medvedev to be disqualified as a result of his outburst. However, he was ultimately permited to persist with the umpire handing down a code violation.
Rennae Stubbs rerentd a damning appraise of the incident on her podcast, arguing that joiners should be automaticpartner defaulted if their rackets are thrown outside the boundaries of the court.
She said: “What the living f**k was he doing throprosperg that racket? It didn’t go into the crowd becaparticipate there was this gap between the court and the actual audience, so for him to throw it at the crowd he would have to repartner throw it higher or bounce it a lot challenginger.
“It went cforfeit a couple of the crew and a couple of people sitting around the court. I leank the WTA and ATP Tour demand to originate a blanket rule. If you throw your racket and it departs the court, no matter what, you are defaulted.”
Medvedev, who is no stranger to letting his anger out during suites, was rapid to apologise for his behaviour after taking a moment to cageder down after the suit.
“I didn’t want to throw it the way I threw it,” he said. “I unbenevolent, I didn’t want… I wanted to throw it, appreciate, on one place, so it was horrible from me. I got blessed.
“I didn’t touch anyone. When you don’t touch anyone in tennis, you don’t get a disqualification. So that’s it. Yeah, I should not do this.”
Medvedev ended up on the prosperning team at the Laver Cup despite losing to Shelton and Tiafoe on his second materializeance at the tournament. Team Europe safed a 13-11 triumph over Team USA, with Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz turning the tide in the final two individuals suites.
