{"id":315763,"date":"2023-07-13T00:44:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T00:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=315763"},"modified":"2023-07-13T02:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T02:59:41","slug":"ever-played-tennis-medvedev-takes-swipe-at-umpire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=315763","title":{"rendered":"'Ever played tennis?': Medvedev takes swipe at umpire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Eubanks<\/a> finally ran out of aces and energy during his magical Wimbledon<\/a> debut. The 27-year-old American who captivated the crowds at the All England Club<\/a> and back home still seemed to be having the time of his life, but Daniil Medvedev\u2019s<\/a> steady game was just too much to overcome.<\/p>\n

Basking in the roars from the stands at No.1 Court, Eubanks grabbed a two-sets-to-one lead against the 2021 US Open champion \u2014 and then was four points from victory in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The wear-and-tear of the unseeded Eubanks\u2019 deepest run, by far, at a Grand Slam tournament, began to show from there, and Medvedev pulled away for a 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n

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If Medvedev was unsteady for a bit, perhaps distracted by a back-and-forth with the chair umpire over a stray ball that struck a TV camera operator, he gathered himself eventually.<\/p>\n

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Umpire Damien Dumusois gave him a first warning for unsportsmanlike conduct and that gave rise to a spirited conversation with the Russian star, who took pot shots at Dumosois in his native French, asking him if he had "ever played tennis? Until you were 10 years old?"<\/p>\n

"Tell me after the match," Medvedev said as he walked away.<\/p>\n

The No.3 seed was fortunate to not be defaulted, since\ufeff Japanese doubles player Miyu Kato was disqualified from the French Open last month, after a ball she was returning to the back of the court hit a ballperson.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic was also disqualified in a similar incident at the 2020 US Open when he struck a line judge with a ball that he had swatted away in frustration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was a moment in the match where I completely lost the, how to say, game itself, and he played well. I started to sink. I started to do a lot of mistakes. Not serving well enough,\u201d said Medvedev, who will face No.1 Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals. \u201cIn the third set, I started to build something. … From the tiebreak, I started to play amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Eubanks-Medvedev everything started to tilt one way midway through the fourth-set tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

Eubanks put a forehand in a corner that drew a netted backhand from Medvedev, making it 3-all. Many in the seats rose, cheering wildly, and Eubanks shook his right fist, staring toward the support.<\/p>\n

Maybe Eubanks, who is from Atlanta, enjoyed that moment just a tad too much. Maybe he let his focus slip. Then again, hard to blame a guy who came into this tournament with a career record of 2-8 at the majors and who never had won an ATP title until the week before Wimbledon began.<\/p>\n

So close to moving on, Eubanks faltered. So close to the brink, Medvedev surged, taking four of the following five points and pushing things to a fifth set.<\/p>\n

Medvedev smacked a forehand winner. Eubanks sailed a forehand wide. Eubanks pushed a forehand return long. After Eubanks saved one set point with a service winner, he ceded the next by flubbing a forehand volley.<\/p>\n

Medvedev, who won 28 of the 30 points he served in that set, shook his racquet. He was fully back in the match \u2014 and, it turned out, on his way to a win.<\/p>\n

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As big a server as the lanky, 6-foot-7 Eubanks is, Medvedev hit more aces, 28-17. And while Eubanks finished with more winners, 74-52, to raise his tournament total to 321 and break Andre Agassi\u2019s 1992 mark for most winners at a single Wimbledon (since 1977), Medvedev played incredibly cleanly. He only made 13 unforced errors, 42 fewer than Eubanks.<\/p>\n

When the match ended, when Eubanks\u2019 wonderful ride was over, he was accompanied off toward the locker room by a loud and lengthy standing ovation \u2014 as his pal, 2022 French Open runner-up Coco Gauff, captured the scene with her phone camera.<\/p>\n

Eubanks paused his walk. He turned to all sections of the arena to wave and then put his hands together overhead in the shape of a heart, soaking it all in.<\/p>\n

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