Daniil Medvedev has questioned why he wasn't given centre court status for his Australian tennis Open fourth round match despite boasting the tournament's top ranking and ownership of the most recent grand slam title
Daniil Medvedev has questioned why he wasn't given centre court status for his Australian tennis Open fourth round match despite boasting the tournament's top ranking and ownership of the most recent grand slam title
25 January 2022
The de facto top seed after the deportation of Novak Djokovic, Medvedev was shunted to Margaret Court Arena for his four set win over Maxime Cressy while hometown hope Alex de Minaur was given the main stage, Rod Laver Arena.
The US Open champion feels he deserves better treatment.
Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and young Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime are also through in the men's draw, while women's second seed Aryna Sabalenka is out - losing to Estonian journeywoman Kaia Kanepit.
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