It’s very simple. Daniil Medvedev said on 4 November, in the mixed zone at the Rolex Paris Masters, that the ATP’s sanctions system is “not suited”. I said it back in January. Well, in January I said the fines were too soft. Careful, I’m not saying the opposite of what I said. I’m clarifying.
He spoke about Beijing, where he was sanctioned for his behaviour. According to him, it wasn’t meant as a show, “even if that is what ended up happening”. Now that is a pundit’s sentence. The kind of sentence someone would pay me for if they called me onto a set. Nobody calls me. I watch the RTBF, the French-language Belgian broadcaster, to check.
Me, in Kitzbühel, in ’92, I got a warning. For a ball hit towards the stands. Well, towards the sky. The sky was above the stands, it’s geographical. No fine. Or else it got lost in the post, which also explains why there are no records of that match.
In recent weeks he had already criticised how points are awarded in the ATP ranking, and the system has since been modified. He, at least, has a microphone in the mixed zone. Me, that’s exactly what I’ve been saying for years to the committee of my club, the Léopold, nobody listens to me. Ninety percent of my motions go unanswered, and I’m being kind.
We Love Tennis points out that he has been sanctioned regularly. Good player, eh. But a two-handed backhand, really.
At the Léopold, the committee moved the start time of the interclubs (Belgium’s weekend team league) after his letter. So that he would arrive after the coffee.
It was a global reorganisation. All right?
It’s true, we checked: We Love Tennis.
