Tennis-Medvedev, Tsitsipas both fined after high-octane semi-final

By Courtney Walsh

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev was fined for an outburst in opposition to the umpire in Friday’s high-octane semifinal win over Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was himself penalised for unlawful teaching.

In all, A$69,000 in fines have been handed out for twenty-four code violations within the males’s occasions – in contrast with simply A$9,500 in opposition to 5 gamers within the girls’s competitions, match organisers Tennis Australia mentioned on Saturday.

Medvedev, who ranted at size at umpire Jaume Campistol after dropping serve late within the second set, was fined a mixed A$12,000 (about $8,400) for 2 code violations, one for an audible obscenity and the opposite for unsportsmanlike conduct.

The world quantity two, who will play Rafa Nadal in Sunday’s remaining at Melbourne Park, misplaced his mood whereas alleging Tsitsipas was receiving unlawful in-match teaching from his father and, after dropping the second set, advised Campistol he was “a small cat”.

The Greek, who obtained a warning for teaching throughout his four-set defeat, was fined A$5,000 for the offence and an extra A$8,000 for 2 earlier related offences.

The fines issued to Medvedev match these meted out to Canadian Denis Shapovalov throughout his fiery quarter-final in opposition to Nadal when, at one stage, he referred to as match officers corrupt.

Temperamental Australian Nick Kyrgios was fined A$10,000 for 3 offences.

The primary two stemmed from his loss to Medvedev within the second spherical, and the third was for racquet abuse throughout his doubles semi-final with Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Oceane Dodin is the one important draw lady to obtain a penalty, a A$3,000 wonderful incurred throughout her opening spherical loss.

($1 = 1.4314 Australian {dollars})

(Reporting by Courtney Walsh; enhancing by John Stonestreet)