Medvedev's Controversial Victory Over Monfils at ATP Monte Carlo

A hard-fought victory for Medvedev against Monfils at the ATP Monte Carlo, filled with great spectacle, but also a lot of controversy from the Russian. The world number 4, before defeating the Frenchman 6-2, 6-4, lost his temper after a wrong decision by the referee on a shot from the Frenchman that had gone out. However, the match director evaluated the ball's bounce as inside the court, thus decreeing Monfils' break. The choice triggered the Russian who lost his temper before making a remarkable comeback from 4-1 to 4-6. During the second set, Monfils achieved a break with the help of the referee. The shot that won the fifth game, in fact, had gone out of the field, but the match director evaluated it as regular. Hawk-Eye later showed that Medvedev was right. After the point, the Russian went back to his bench where he punched the tent that had been set up to protect him from the sun. During this outburst, Daniil also shouted at the referee: 'And if I lose this match? You are becoming ridiculous'. A discharge of nervousness that, however, served him to win the match, completing a remarkable comeback. At the end of the match, there was also time to continue the controversy. The Russian tennis player wrote with a marker on the camera, as everyone does, but instead of greeting the audience or celebrating, he wrote 'In or out?' a clear reference to the ball that had gone out.