Russia's top seed Dmitry Medvedev missed four final points in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Dubai Men's Open on the 27th local time, and also had a fierce quarrel with the chief judge, and was finally eliminated by the Dutch dark horse Grykspoor 6:2, 6:7 (7:9), 5:7.

Russia's top seed Dmitry Medvedev

During the match, Medvedev asked the chief judge why Knoll was punished for unsportsmanship, and Knoll replied: "Do you know what you said to me? Medvedev said: "You're just soft, you're soft, what is that?" Double standards against Russians? ”

However, Medvedev said that he had apologized to Knoll after the match, "There is no double standard for the Russians, it is me who goes too far, we have talked about it after the game, I have known him for a long time, it has nothing to do with him, all the referees on the ATP Tour don't care at all where you come from and who you are, they just try to do their best work, of course there will always be people who are not satisfied, I just said this suddenly." ”

"We talked, and I apologized to him, I told him that I don't remember what I said, it's true, I'm not sure if I said anything offensive to him, and if there is, then I apologize for it, I respect him as the chief judge, but sometimes when the game is more intense, or when you're angry, you feel like it's unfair to you," Medvedev said. ”