Daniil Medvedev's coach storms out mid-match after Russian yells at him during final loss

© TENNIS TV Daniil Medvedev's coach storms out mid-match after Russian yells at him during final loss

World No 1 Daniil Medvedev's coach Gilles Cervara stormed out of the stadium during the Halle Open final after being yelled at by the Russian, who went on to lose 6-1, 6-4. Medvedev lost his second final within a week - this time to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz - but even worse, had a fiery run-in with his coach midway through the match. He later apologised to his wife after she sat behind Cervara and witnessed her husband's anger.

Cameras caught Cervara picking up his bag and walking out of the stadium after Medvedev had screamed in his direction after losing the first game of the second set. Hurkacz had just broken his opponent's serve to go 6-1, 1-0 up. "Gilles Cervara has seen enough. I'm not sure if there's been something said there or whether it was just the nature of that point but he is leaving the OWL arena. I can't quite believe what I've seen there," the Amazon Prime match commentator said.

Replays then showed Medvedev screaming at Cervara, who instantly got out of his seat and walked out. "This is really unsavoury for the world No 1 and his team," the commentator added. "It's not the first time in Medvedev's career his coach Cervara has left the player box. You never want to see it. At times it can actually remove the distraction if you want to call it that.

"Medvedev has been so focused on battling Cervara. [But] This is uncomfortable viewing for his wife Daria." Medvedev apologised to his wife post-match and said: "Congrats Hubert, great match today, great week. Congrats a lot to you and to your team, you guys are super nice. Hopefully a lot more matches to play on the biggest stage! Congrats for a great week