World No. 2 Medvedev defeated fourth-ranked Tsitsipas 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a rematch of their Melbourne semifinal from the previous year. This victory propelled Medvedev to his second consecutive Australian Open final, where he will take on Rafael Nadal on Sunday.
Following his outburst at the chair umpire for coaching from the player’s box during a furious match, Medvedev received a code warning; subsequently, Apostolos Tsitsipas received a warning for teaching his kid.
The intervention did not save Tsitsipas, who lost the pivotal fourth set without a break after dropping five games in a row.
The ATP Tour prohibits on-court coaching, and Apostolos Tsitsipas, a chronic offender, was already fined twice for coaching infractions during the Grand Slam.
According to Stefanos Tsitsipas, he has made repeated attempts to quiet his father’s yelling from the player’s box.
I’ve discussed it with him. Tsitsipas remarked, I’ve tried, I’ve spent many hours trying to sort things out with him, but it’s part of him.
Even though I won’t ever listen to whatever he says, I’m quite confident I’m going to keep getting coaching infractions.
However, it’s okay; if they feel that’s what’s right, they are free to act in that way.
That’s also one of the reasons I publicly stated on one of my social media accounts last year that I believe coaching should be permitted because coaches do it anyhow.
Since their violent altercation in Miami four years prior, Medvedev and Tsitsipas have not been friendly. Following match point, they briefly touched hands at the net.
Indeed, he is a fierce rival. He can run for hours and hours, much like a marathon runner, Tsitsipas remarked of the second-ranked Russian in the world.
“Having to run so much makes me doubtful if that can continue for very long. It significantly affects the body.
“However, I admire his ability to run so much and use physical force at every opportunity.
“He and Rafael Nadal are two of the strongest combatants. I suppose he deserves the title.
Tennis is a highly passionate and often multilingual sport. Over the course of a single match, players have been known to freak out in a variety of languages.
Because particular speech patterns are prohibited by the tour, officials have occasionally combined their multilingual skills to interpret these outbursts.
Fans may recall the 2022 Australian Open, when an undercover Greek-speaking umpire was used to uncover illicit in-match coaching between Stefanos Tsitsipas and his father. Tsitsipas most likely assumed he was speaking plain Greek.
Andrey Rublev certainly had no idea that personnel would catch him using a nasty phrase in Russian during his primarily English outburst directed at a linesperson at the Dubai Open on Friday.
He was mistaken, and at the end of the match, just as he was ready to serve with Alexander Bublik leading 6-5 in the third set, he was defaulted for unsportsmanlike behavior.
