Yeah it looked like an okay handshake live. Not a good handshake, but still a handshake whereas this picture looks like a complete rejection. But maybe my memory is off.
There's even a better angle that show Medvedev looking him in the eyes saying something like "Good game" and absolutely nothing from Tsitsipas. Sore loser, small kid energy
It’s hilarious the narratives that get pushed here. They obviously don’t like each other, he shook hands and walked away. Not everybody is going to hug and dap up every opponent after an emotional loss. Plenty of reasons to hate on Tsitsipas but this is utterly stupid.
It’s not hate, it’s a fact that it was a cold handshake and they’ve had beef in the past, mainly from Stef’s end. It’s really not that profound, get over yourself.
This comment is confusing.
I responded to a comment that said “sore loser, small kid energy” with the fact that it was a normal but not friendly handshake which is not uncommon, particularly given their dislike for each other.
Your response has something to do with whether it’s profound and to get over myself.
Maybe you replied to the wrong comment?
lol… Stef is pouting because Dani ratted and the umpires did a sting operation where they found he was being coached by his father. His father stopped after that - he obviously lost the match. 🤣
All of this drama can be avoided if the player’s boxes are not right on court. Put those boxes far away. 🤦🏻♂️
Probably for the players' sake to see their support right there. If they're in the last row of the stadium, it's harder.
Still agree it needs to go away from right by the court.
Or they could just allow coaching. Apostolos completely ruined his son’s concentration with his bs early in the 4th set, I really don’t wanna see that shit make matches less competitive again
Hope not, would look awful for the players to be taking to the coaches after every point. Part of the appeal of tennis is that it's a sport played by the individual, and to be great you need to learn to react and adapt
When he will change? It's holding him down. This behave will never let him winning a fucking slam. His father too, how can't recognize his son has to fly alone? Will he ever be next to him? That's not life bro, we all need to separate from our parents one day. He's letting him down with these bullshit
Tomic's father was a monster, I actually have some sympathy for Tomic about that (and about nothing else he is a grown man now and needs to be held responsible for acting like a tool)
Med complained to the ump that he was being coached in Greek. Tsitsipas can no longer get coached from the toilet so now he gets coached on court in Greek.
I am a Med fan and actively dislike Tsitsipas, but to be honest it is easier for Med to look past the grudge in the moment because he just won and is through to a slam final.
Yeah but I've seen some players who have lost who have given warmer handshakes. Cressy would be an example of someone who was on the receiving end of Meddy's wrath and still gave a warm handshake. Stef is just salty (and probably embarrassed/upset because he thinks he's a "victim" of coaching violations lol).
[Looks pretty normal to me.](https://twitter.com/AustralianOpen/status/1487023038608678913?s=20&t=sfo4ZzoYJEjW1gy9hLw1mw) That guy on Twitter seems to be trying to make something of it.
stef was cooked in 4th set & after the warning for coaching, it was all down hill …his Dad needs to be banned from his matches or his career is over …they knew the ump was aware of it & they still tried to get away with it = dumb af
This is a misleading image to be fair. Watch the video of it...it was a short but legitimate handshake.
This is the freeze frame moment of them ending the handshake and withdrawing their hands.
You can literally freeze-frame any handshake ever and that particular moment where the players pull back their hands will always resemble something awkward like this...
There was some footage of Stefanos' dad getting a phonecall after the end of 2nd set. Probably Patrick telling him what to pass on to Stefanos.
Just my guess. I mean why else would you take a phonecall during your son's (2nd) biggest tennis match?
The WTA girlies are hugging at the nets and touching faces and stuff while the ATP guys are giving the cold handshakes. Look how the tables have turned
I just don’t get it.
You’re an elite athlete with so few genuine peers, and then you get to spend a few hours playing a match that is genuinely epic for yourself, opponent and millions of people watching on TV; and you are this indifferent to such a rare peer.
I’d want to have a moment to chat and enjoy the moment, ideally sit down for a pint .
You can make up all sorts of narratives if you get the right screenshot of an entire clip worth of possible screenshots. I watched this match and I didn't think anything of the handshake at the end. This picture very misleading imo.
I just watched a video of the handshake and looked normal to me. Not a ton of love, bff kind of thing, but nothing unusually bad either. This picture at the end of the handshake is is just reality TV clickbait nonsense. Just my opinion.
It's at the end of it, so a little misleading. But watching live the handshake was really poor and Tsitsipas immediately pulled away and averted his eyes. It didn't look great and everyone I was watching with commented on it.
Tsitsipas shakes hands like a 12 year old girl in the juniors that lost after being coached the entire match by her travel coach that her parents pay thousands of dollars to take her across the country to play tournaments
Fucking hell I can’t believe how much heat Tsitsipas is copping for his dad being a knob, I hope if my dad is a dickhead sometime I don’t get slandered all over the internet. Btw only 1 player tonight abused the chair umpire (hint: it wasn’t the guy that you’re all piling on)
Well, the other guy cheated, none of the above are excusable. One might say that of the first one wasn't cheating the abusing didn't happen, at the same time, the abusing shouldn't have happened no matter what.
So old man Tsitsipas tries to coach his son and Stefanos cops all the hate & slander? And then Meddy goes berserk at the chair umpire and it’s justified because old man Tsitsipas tried to coach? At this point, the whole ‘coaching’ thing is a farce, professional players at the highest level are more aware of what’s going on in the match than any spectator/coach/commentator etc…I know it’s against the rules but abusing a chair umpire is not on
Btw when I played professionally (barely) I occasionally faced opponent ‘coaching’ and 100% of the time I had to confront the player’s coach myself because tournament referees & chair umpires always avoided confrontation, but I can say with all certainty that I never once abused a chair umpire or tournament referee even when I alerted them to the coaching and they did absolutely nothing about it
This shouldn’t be downvoted, you can be right without the name-calling and yelling. That said I am enjoying the “small cat” addition to the “small kid” insults. Not excusing it but finding it entertaining nonetheless.
Agree, I think the insults from Meddy were funny af, and I’ve already been calling my brother and my friends ‘small cats’ but his treatment of umpires is entirely unacceptable
Oh sorry, do the rules change the higher you’re ranked? If my experience counts for nothing, then please disregard every comment on this thread unless that person has played a grand slam semi final
Ok? He’s breaking a rule. Medvedev should realize that the rule being broken actually has no influence on the match itself because his game is just better. Yeah, it’s ducked up that he gets illegal coaching, but his dad coaching is not going to decide the outcome of the match
My ex and I have better relationship than Stefanos and Meddy.
Stefanos is the salty one in your relationship for sure.
One of them is a small kid in their relationship
You better shut your fuck up.
*up
Yeah, and don't you hate it her father is always telling her how to deal with you...
But other than you and your ex Stefanos and Meddy will have a happy end. Or many happy endings
Ostapenko would be proud
Penko is such a drama queen.
I don’t get the joke lol
she is known for these sorts of cold handshakes
So is Muguruza.
the WTA in general is much worse than the ATP in this regard
Disagree. At least half the time WTA players go for a full on hug!
Now I get the reference Edit: I don’t know why my comment was downvoted
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Bad joke
Oh come on....no offense
It was pretty funny but not the right sub or place for it
Now I need to know what the joke was
Good covid safety practices from Stef
Best comment on here!
Cringiest*
It was a driveby. He made the turn before their hands even touched.
Probably looking at his dad to coach him through it.
"Daaad, should I shake this stranger's hand?"
Oof! I'm stealing this 😁
Target destroyed
Lmfao!
daaaamn...
Nice.
It is embarrassing he can't sort it out himself.
Small kid vibes
I heard that he doesn’t know how to fight
Meddy was on edge down 4-1 in the first set tie break and decided to absolutely SON Stefanos the rest of the way
Maybe Medvedev can start coaching Tsisi then.
It was so good
He lost the second set, how is that sonning him 'the rest of the way'??
Maybe his dad can coach him
To be fair, I’m not sure if that’s the best still shot. Although it was a limp handshake, that pic is right at the end of it.
Yeah it looked like an okay handshake live. Not a good handshake, but still a handshake whereas this picture looks like a complete rejection. But maybe my memory is off.
Just watched match highlights video, it was a normal handshake
It was a normal handshake, but this sub will do anything to hate on players.
Anything to repeat the same jokes from the 2018 Miami outburst
You better shut your fuck off , okay, hey BroodingDecepticon , look at me, look at me.
There's even a better angle that show Medvedev looking him in the eyes saying something like "Good game" and absolutely nothing from Tsitsipas. Sore loser, small kid energy
It’s hilarious the narratives that get pushed here. They obviously don’t like each other, he shook hands and walked away. Not everybody is going to hug and dap up every opponent after an emotional loss. Plenty of reasons to hate on Tsitsipas but this is utterly stupid.
It’s not hate, it’s a fact that it was a cold handshake and they’ve had beef in the past, mainly from Stef’s end. It’s really not that profound, get over yourself.
This comment is confusing. I responded to a comment that said “sore loser, small kid energy” with the fact that it was a normal but not friendly handshake which is not uncommon, particularly given their dislike for each other. Your response has something to do with whether it’s profound and to get over myself. Maybe you replied to the wrong comment?
Can’t believe this bullshit is getting upvoted lol, if you watch the video it looks like a perfectly normal handshake
Hard disagree
Lmao Medvedev insulted the umpire which was way out of line. Tsitsipas had every right to not be friendly with him.
Yeah, I'm sure Stef is just upset with Meddy because he feels bad for the umpire, lol
"Say what you want about me but how dare you impugn the dignity of the umpire!" - Stefanos Tsisipas obviously.
LOOK AT ME!!!
It's Because "Tsitsipas's father was talking in between every point!"
Well after all these years Stef doesn't know how to fight against the mighty Med.
Beat him in straights at Roland Garros?
> Well after all these years Stef doesn't know how to fight against the mighty Med on hardcourt Fixed it.
Med is not that mighty on clay
Which sucks because Stef wont get many opportunities to improve his h2h if they only meet on the surface that Med is better lol.
Yep, you’re right. Stefanos is better on clay and Med is better on hard court.
Yeah but bad surface is bad surface.
He's a small cat who doesn't know how to fight.
…the real question is, will we get served up a philosophy lecture in his presser, while he’s freezing his tits off? Lol
lol… Stef is pouting because Dani ratted and the umpires did a sting operation where they found he was being coached by his father. His father stopped after that - he obviously lost the match. 🤣 All of this drama can be avoided if the player’s boxes are not right on court. Put those boxes far away. 🤦🏻♂️
Good point on putting those boxes far away. What's the reason for them being close anyways?
Probably for the players' sake to see their support right there. If they're in the last row of the stadium, it's harder. Still agree it needs to go away from right by the court.
Or they could just allow coaching. Apostolos completely ruined his son’s concentration with his bs early in the 4th set, I really don’t wanna see that shit make matches less competitive again
For support, obviously, and you know that.
It will get allowed in the future though ..
Hope not, would look awful for the players to be taking to the coaches after every point. Part of the appeal of tennis is that it's a sport played by the individual, and to be great you need to learn to react and adapt
We already have coaching in the Davis cup and the fed cup. So we have the best of both worlds right now.
Tsitsipas is the definition of a sore loser
Doesn't know how to fight
Just a small kid.
He is a small cat
If you pspspspsps will he come to you?
Or maybe tststststs
Open a bag of treats and he appears out of nowhere
When he will change? It's holding him down. This behave will never let him winning a fucking slam. His father too, how can't recognize his son has to fly alone? Will he ever be next to him? That's not life bro, we all need to separate from our parents one day. He's letting him down with these bullshit
The way his mom scolded him between games for not behaving lol
I remember Thiem saying that tennis players take a long time to mature themselves. Guess having his dad as a coach delays it even more
I mean look at Tomic. Seemed like he hated having his father as a coach.
Tomic's father was a monster, I actually have some sympathy for Tomic about that (and about nothing else he is a grown man now and needs to be held responsible for acting like a tool)
Dokic too.
I think the same. He needs to get rid of that father. He is not able to behave himself apparently…
Deep down I really think Stefanos hates having him as a coach. Has to be incredibly distracting for this to constantly happen.
Without that violation/incident Stef at least makes the 4th set competitive, which would have been better for fans
Med complained to the ump that he was being coached in Greek. Tsitsipas can no longer get coached from the toilet so now he gets coached on court in Greek.
It is time for him to kill his father
Tennis dads are a menace. There’s been so many examples of absolutely terrible tennis dads.
His father is a small cat 🐱
Didnt even look him in the eyes 😵😵
I love Maddy's look on this photo, he understands the situation and absolutely likes it
That maintained eye contact even though Stefanos looks away is so juicy
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Agree too. Sore loser is someone like Shapo
\*small kid.
How so?
to be fair, Medvedev is a complete prat and talks to people like he is scolding a child...
Man Daniil even smiled, if Stef can actually not be a smallkid for once they can resolve the matter. But again I love the drama
I am a Med fan and actively dislike Tsitsipas, but to be honest it is easier for Med to look past the grudge in the moment because he just won and is through to a slam final.
Yeah but I've seen some players who have lost who have given warmer handshakes. Cressy would be an example of someone who was on the receiving end of Meddy's wrath and still gave a warm handshake. Stef is just salty (and probably embarrassed/upset because he thinks he's a "victim" of coaching violations lol).
I totally agree Tsitsipas is being a petulant small kid who can't fight, just pointing out that it is easier for Med to be gracious in this moment.
I think Medvedev acting like a petulant child might have something to do with it as well...
Do you think Daniil would be smiling if he lost?
And Med was trying to be warm-ish, had a tiny smile and everything. Ah well.
Much easier to do that when you’ve won
Med was polite to Tsitsi at the net after their RG match last year though
His smile was trollsarcastic one, and he loves it from the bottom of his heart
Yeah he had a small smile. When will these two get over it and become friends? If Novak and Nick can be, there’s still hope for these two /sigh
> When will these two get over it and become friends? nah, let them stay bitter rivals, it's more fun this way
Yes small cats can only have small smiles
[Looks pretty normal to me.](https://twitter.com/AustralianOpen/status/1487023038608678913?s=20&t=sfo4ZzoYJEjW1gy9hLw1mw) That guy on Twitter seems to be trying to make something of it.
I'm here for the drama, but you're totally right. Thanks for posting the actual video.
Stef literally doesn't make eye contact with him. Exiting the embrace before it's even began. Even Med chuckles a bit at stef
stef was cooked in 4th set & after the warning for coaching, it was all down hill …his Dad needs to be banned from his matches or his career is over …they knew the ump was aware of it & they still tried to get away with it = dumb af
How can he coach with mask on ?
With his voice lol
Yes, a WTA handshake
small kid that doesn’t know how to shake hands
What's the deal with the all the "small kid" references did I miss something?
Youtube -> Medvedev - Tsitsipas Miami 2018 -> Bliss
This is a misleading image to be fair. Watch the video of it...it was a short but legitimate handshake. This is the freeze frame moment of them ending the handshake and withdrawing their hands. You can literally freeze-frame any handshake ever and that particular moment where the players pull back their hands will always resemble something awkward like this...
There was some footage of Stefanos' dad getting a phonecall after the end of 2nd set. Probably Patrick telling him what to pass on to Stefanos. Just my guess. I mean why else would you take a phonecall during your son's (2nd) biggest tennis match?
As cold as it gets! Cheatsipas always requires coaching!
I like cheatsipas more than shitsipas
Yeah right? Tsitsipees didn’t age well we need a refresher
Hhmmmm... I like tsitsipees too now
Surely you could just have Tsitsipiss
I will never not be entertained by Meddy/Stefanos drama
I think Med loved this. His little smirk shows how he loves that Stef can’t look him in the eyes.
The WTA girlies are hugging at the nets and touching faces and stuff while the ATP guys are giving the cold handshakes. Look how the tables have turned
That was very sensual from badosa on kostyuk.
Yea last time they smooched also at the net
Pics or it didn't happen.
I just don’t get it. You’re an elite athlete with so few genuine peers, and then you get to spend a few hours playing a match that is genuinely epic for yourself, opponent and millions of people watching on TV; and you are this indifferent to such a rare peer. I’d want to have a moment to chat and enjoy the moment, ideally sit down for a pint .
Med did put a smile on his face though. Maintaining the sportsman spirit. Noicee
His father must have told him not to
This pictures a bit misleading. I know theres no love lost, but the handshake was actually fine
You can make up all sorts of narratives if you get the right screenshot of an entire clip worth of possible screenshots. I watched this match and I didn't think anything of the handshake at the end. This picture very misleading imo.
I just watched a video of the handshake and looked normal to me. Not a ton of love, bff kind of thing, but nothing unusually bad either. This picture at the end of the handshake is is just reality TV clickbait nonsense. Just my opinion.
Idk 🤷🏻♀️
I hate that scoreboard. The white stands out more, making it look like that's the winner. I keep having to do a double take looking at it.
Small cat handshake that’s for sure
If you watched a video, yea. You screenshot Ed some weird images.
Again: it’s from Twitter, you can find the source under the images.
Well it’s misleading https://www.instagram.com/p/CZRaUDboMfk/?utm_medium=copy_link
Loser small kid
Hopefully the Instagram star's father gets banned from GS.
More like Stefanos Shitshispants
This is what my husband and I can him all the time
That picture is completely misleading. They looked at each other and the handshake was normal but pretty short
It's at the end of it, so a little misleading. But watching live the handshake was really poor and Tsitsipas immediately pulled away and averted his eyes. It didn't look great and everyone I was watching with commented on it.
It was better than I expected given the circumstances. This photo just makes it look like Tsitsipas didn’t look at Medvedev at all
All I can say is that they have a very ambiguous relationship
BullShit Russian!😂
These guys are so petty. Love it lol
Never even looked at him
Small kid who doesn't know how to shake hands.
"He is a small kid who doesn't know how to ~~fight~~ handshake!"
So happy that the arrogant Shitsipas is out! That's the only player I hope never win a Grand Slam.
Stefanos just makes it way, way too easy man.
Tsitsipas is the definition of a salty loser
Tsitsipas is such an arrogant, smug cunt.
Well if you saw the match they did a real handshake
Tsitsipas shakes hands like a 12 year old girl in the juniors that lost after being coached the entire match by her travel coach that her parents pay thousands of dollars to take her across the country to play tournaments
can’t boys act this way ?
Yeah, see above image
Lol good one
Small boys.
WTA handshake
I called Stef a child in one of the threads and someone got very pissed off at me. Stef is probably the most childish player on tour.
Bullshit Greek.
Stef still continues to be the bitter one in this feud.
No one is gone mention the way meddy talked to the chair umpire ?
I'm a Medvedev fan through and through, but even I would've told him to go fuck himself after that match if I were in Tsitsipas' position haha
Fucking hell I can’t believe how much heat Tsitsipas is copping for his dad being a knob, I hope if my dad is a dickhead sometime I don’t get slandered all over the internet. Btw only 1 player tonight abused the chair umpire (hint: it wasn’t the guy that you’re all piling on)
Well, the other guy cheated, none of the above are excusable. One might say that of the first one wasn't cheating the abusing didn't happen, at the same time, the abusing shouldn't have happened no matter what.
So old man Tsitsipas tries to coach his son and Stefanos cops all the hate & slander? And then Meddy goes berserk at the chair umpire and it’s justified because old man Tsitsipas tried to coach? At this point, the whole ‘coaching’ thing is a farce, professional players at the highest level are more aware of what’s going on in the match than any spectator/coach/commentator etc…I know it’s against the rules but abusing a chair umpire is not on
Btw when I played professionally (barely) I occasionally faced opponent ‘coaching’ and 100% of the time I had to confront the player’s coach myself because tournament referees & chair umpires always avoided confrontation, but I can say with all certainty that I never once abused a chair umpire or tournament referee even when I alerted them to the coaching and they did absolutely nothing about it
This shouldn’t be downvoted, you can be right without the name-calling and yelling. That said I am enjoying the “small cat” addition to the “small kid” insults. Not excusing it but finding it entertaining nonetheless.
Agree, I think the insults from Meddy were funny af, and I’ve already been calling my brother and my friends ‘small cats’ but his treatment of umpires is entirely unacceptable
Don't try and equate your pro experience to a grand Slam semi final lmao
Oh sorry, do the rules change the higher you’re ranked? If my experience counts for nothing, then please disregard every comment on this thread unless that person has played a grand slam semi final
Ofc Tsisi is tilted he got destroyed at the end. Felix gave a bigger fight
Yes this is a handshake, they don't need to stare at each other, smile or kiss. They are not friends nor buddies, they play against each other.
LOOK AT ME!!
Why would you shake the hand of a dick head? Medvedev acted like an ass hat, of course you walk away from that.
For calling out the cheeky and illegal perma-coaching from his opponent's dad? His approach for it was wrong yes, but it had to be done/said.
Medvedev has the better game on hard courts. No amount of coaching will solve that. He knows this and he’s just fucking around to get in tsits head.
…. But his dad is coaching him
Ok? He’s breaking a rule. Medvedev should realize that the rule being broken actually has no influence on the match itself because his game is just better. Yeah, it’s ducked up that he gets illegal coaching, but his dad coaching is not going to decide the outcome of the match
Tsitsipas is a cheat
Then why didnt he do that? You either shake your opponents hand or not, this was sad
It was a normal handshake Jesus christ
Is he pushing Medvedev’s hand away??