Daniil Medvedev lost his second straight grass final on Sunday.© AFP
Daniil Medvedev lost his second straight grass final on Sunday after losing to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in the final of the Halle Open in Germany. The Russian was completely outplayed by the Pole, who sealed a 6-1, 6-4 straight win. In the final, the world No. 1 had a heated moment with his coach Gilles Cervara. Medvedev shouted loudly at Cervara and the Frenchman abruptly rose from his seat in the stands and stormed off the field. The video was shared by Tennis TV on their official Instagram handle.
“Medvedev’s coach has seen enough,” Tennis TV commented on the video.
After the match, Medvedev apologized to the crowd for not “making this match longer and more interesting” and admitted that he was “not easy to be with on the pitch” this week.
Despite winning seven out of nine games on grass this season, the Russian failed to win a title after losing two finals in a row.
Medvedev will not play at Wimbledon this year after organizers banned Russian and Belarusian players from participating following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Medvedev will now be seen in action during the Mallorca Open which starts on June 22nd.
Hurkacz, on the other hand, won his fifth career title after also beating Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals.
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Meanwhile, Hurkacz and his American teammate Sebastian Korda were beaten by Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina in the men’s doubles final in Halle.
(With AFP inputs)
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