Beaten by Dimitrov and caught by the public: it was not an easy day for the Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev who , eliminated at the hands of the Bulgarian from the Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy, indulged in a rude gesture towards the public at the end of the match.
After greetings at the net, Medvedev left the pitch accompanied by boos from the Parisian public to whom he pointed his middle finger.
«Middle finger?», he then argued, «but no, I was just checking my nails. Why on earth would I have done it to such a beautiful audience as the one in Paris?".
In reality the Russian clashed with the public during the second when the tone rose between him, known for his mood swings, and the Bercy crowd who booed him on more than one occasion with Medvedev (who, due to nervousness, he even broke one of his rackets), then warned by the chair umpire after a discussion about the public's booing .
(Unioneonline)