Australian Open: Daniil Medvedev admits he’ll be going for dinner during women’s final

Men’s world number two Daniil Medvedev has admitted he’ll probably be going for dinner while the final of the Australian Open Women’s Singles is taking place.

The Russian star made the comments after beating arch-rival Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets to reach the final of the Australian Open for the second consecutive year.

Medvedev is the reigning US Open champion and is aiming to become the first person to win their first two major tournaments back-to-back in the Open Era.

On course to the final, the 25-year-old has attracted controversy on a number of occasions and regularly antagonised the Melbourne crowd.

After beating home favourite Nick Kyrgios in the second round, Medvedev took issue with the crowd repeatedly chanting the term ‘siuuu’ –– a direct reference to the football player Cristiano Ronaldo.

“I guess some people just have a low IQ,” the Russian stated forcibly.

Days later, having battled back from two sets down to defeat Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-set epic, Medvedev made reference to Novak Djokovic in his on-court interview. –– much to the displeasure of the crowd.

Medvedev admitted he took inspiration from the Serbian, who was banned from this year’s competition for being unvaccinated against Covid-19.

Asked how he pulled off such a remarkable comeback, the Russian said: “I don’t know if people will like it, but I thought ‘what would Novak do.’”

In today’s semi-final, the controversial comments were far from over. Firstly, Medvedev took issue with the chair umpire for refusing to give his opponent a warning, who he claimed was receiving illegal coaching from his father.

“Are you mad? Are you mad?” He said. “And his father can talk every point? Wrong!

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