Daniil Medvedev could have thought he had discovered some solace in not being the one tennis star to be focused by followers on the Madrid Open after Holger Rune was additionally booed by the group. The Norwegian was handled to a hostile reception from the followers throughout his match towards Alejandro Davidovich Fokina simply days earlier than Medvedev was relentlessly jeered by these watching on from the stands, and he has addressed the 'ugly behaviour' in Spain.

Medvedev was booed by the Madrid crowd and refused to play until they "shut up" throughout his match towards Aslan Karatsev on Tuesday.

The Russian faked smashing a ball in frustration when he went 1-4 down within the first set tiebreak towards his compatriot, prompting an offended response from the followers as they jeered him, and Medvedev advised the umpire he would not stick with it till they stopped.

The umpire then addressed the group in Spanish as Medvedev continued enjoying, and so they stopped their boos. But it did not do something to assist the highest seed, who did not win one other level within the tiebreak as Karatsev took the primary set 7-6(1).

It appeared to throw the second seed off his sport as Medvedev ultimately succumbed to a 7-6, 6-4 defeat in Spain, crashing out within the spherical of 16.

Rune additionally bowed out of the match after dropping in three units to the house favorite Davidovich Fokina with a 6-7, 7-5, 6-7 defeat.

Midway via the match, there was a stoppage referring to an digital line name on Davidovich Fokina's shot and followers had been left confused within the stands as the difficulty was not communicated to them. A refrain of boos might be heard emanating from the stands, with Rune particularly focused.

But as a substitute of hitting out at their 'ugly behaviour', the 20-year-old acknowledged why they'd grow to be sad and insisted he had no concern with the Spanish followers following his exit - as a substitute showing to pin the blame on the officers for his or her ineptitude.

"There was a lot of talk about the ugly behaviour of the Spanish fans. The audience did not understand what was happening on the court," Rune wrote on Instagram.

"You cannot change the decision made by the computer. The referee and the supervisor took a long time to explain this to my opponent. And they weren't interested in telling the fans that.

"Next time I'll take a nap whereas they argue. I simply wish to say that I've nothing towards the folks in Spain and that I'm wanting ahead to returning to Madrid."