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Watch: Medvedev, In Disbelief, Hilariously Protests Hindrance Call in Toronto

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday August 10, 2021

Famous last words from Daniil Medvedev: “This is gonna be on TV, bro!”

He was right.

The Russian, after being called for a hindrance by umpire Aurélie Tourte, during this rollicking point with Alexander Bublik on Tuesday at the National Bank Open in Toronto, was in disbelief.

Bublik, couldn’t believe it either, and he was confused thinking that it was he who was being called for a hindrance.

After the match he talked to reporters about the incident:

"First of all, that's a good thing. It was fun," he said. "If it would be a breakpoint it would be less fun, I'm telling you."

Medvedev says he looked up the word hindrance on Google Translate just to get a better understanding of the situation.

"For me, the thing is that either they should change the name of the rule, because "hindrance," I looked at it on Google Translate, because I was not sure what it means. I thought it meant disturbance, like to disturb somebody. I was right. You can ask Bublik if I disturbed him by saying "Sorry." He will say no. I had the smash, which I would never miss in my life. I actually put it away.

"Even if he jumped like, he couldn't get the ball. So again, there was no hindrance. There was no disturbance. Yeah, it's about the rules. Same about the rule where if the rain stopped the match for one hour or 45 minutes, why do I still have no toilet breaks left? It's a new match. I mean, there are some rules that should maybe considered to, I don't know, to be more precise or whatever. Because again, there was no hindrance. So, yeah, that's all I have to say."

Medvedev lost the point, but hung on to win the contest in Toronto, capping a comeback from a set down to defeat Bublik, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

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