
WIMBLEDON — Daniil Medvedev narrowly escaped being defaulted from his Wimbledon semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz after aiming abuse at umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore on Centre Court.
With the Russian No 5 seed serving at 5-3, 30-40, Alcaraz aimed a short forehand drop-shot cross-court, which Medvedev scrambled to reach. As he scooped his racket at the ball, Asderaki-Moore called “not up,” meaning that she believed that the ball had bounced twice. (Alcaraz hit a forehand pass which Medvedev, out of position, could only deflect well wide anyway.)
After staring at his box, Medvedev then...