Russia’s tennis star Daniil Medvedev found himself surrounded by controversy once again as he was involved in a heated exchange with the umpire in the thirs round of clash at the Shanghai Masters. He was playing against America’s Learner Tien and grew visibly frustrated when he was given a code of conduct violation for taking longer time for serves.
He did not hold back and voiced his frustration, he pointed out that it was a double standard and claimed that Spanish star Rafael Nadal was never penalised for a lengthy serve time throughout his career. He said he waited for 55 seconds so that Nadal could complete his serve.
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Medvedev to the umpire:
"All my life, I've been serving & waiting for Rafa for 55 seconds. And you give me a code violation on the first occasion. I played Rafa 5 times, there was not one time I was ready to serve and he was ready to return. He didn't get one time violation." pic.twitter.com/J88OklJi1y---Advertisement---— Corvath Draemir (@Archaicmind3000) October 8, 2025
“All my life, I’ve been serving and waiting for Rafa for 55 seconds. And you give me a code violation on the first occasion. I played Rafa 5 times, there was not one time I was ready to serve and he was ready to return. He didn’t get one time violation,” Medvedev said to the umpire.
This wasn’t the first time Daniil Medvedev has gotten involved in a controversy, even in the US Open 2025 he was slapped with a penalty of $42.500 as he lashed out an official there also. This happened in match against Benjamin Bronzi where he also smashed his racket and broke it.
