'I freaking can't pee?' – Daniil Medvedev rages at umpire in match against 'dinosaur' Maxime Cressy at Australian Open

Daniil Medvedev was left raging during his 6-2 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-5 win against Maxime Cressy on Margaret Court Arena on Monday. Eurosport pundit John McEnroe said he understood the Russian's frustrations against a player he termed — in a complimentary manner — a dinosaur.

The consensus favourite for the tournament cut a frustrated and, at times, irate figure during the last-16 showdown as Cressy’s throwback serve-and-volley game befuddled the 25-year-old. Ad/> The world No.

2 would ultimately prevail to set up a showdown with Felix Auger-Aliassime in the last eight but not before he had remonstrated with himself, his opponent and the umpire. The most notable moment came after the third game of the fourth and deciding set when he exclaimed.

Australian Open'I'm not happy with what I said' — Medvedev express regret for Cressy mind games35 MINUTES AGO “For who are the rules? I cannot go pee but he [Cressy] can wait seven seconds [to serve] and you don’t say anything,” began Medvedev An increasingly irate Medvedev then began to look around, before shouting: “The rules are for who? The rules are for who? Who are the rules for? Who makes these rules?” The Russian had also been heard shouting “this is so boring” and “It’s simply unbelievable how lucky he is getting, it’s insane I’ve never seen anything like it” as his frustration boiled over on Margaret Court Arena. ‘This is so boring!’ — Medvedev unhappy with own behaviour in win over Cressy Medvedev overcomes awkward Cressy to move into quarters And talking on the Cube to Alize Lim, Tim Henman and Mats Wilander, John McEnroe said that he understood the frustrations of Medvedev, calling Cressy, in a backhanded compliment, a tennis dinosaur.