“Last week he wanted to take a sh***t, now this” – Daniil Medvedev in heated umpire row and lashes out over toilet break

Daniil Medvedev received a code violation following a heated argument with the chair umpire during his second-round defeat at the Cincinnati Open.

Medvedev was dumped out of the Cincinnati Open by Jiri Lehecka, with the Czech star triumphing 7-6(2), 6-4.

There had been high hopes for Medvedev heading into the US hard court season, but it proved to be nothing more than a miserable night’s work at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

A visibly frustrated Medvedev kept being forced into uncharacteristic errors all evening, before being caught venting his frustrations in French during the final and decisive set.

Chair umpire Aurelie Tourte was having none of it, with the official handing Medvedev a court violation – something which only served to rile the Russian even more.

Questioning the action, Medvedev said: “Why are you giving me a code violation? I’m talking to myself. What’s the problem? In the other match, when I was talking to myself, you didn’t do anything. I’m speaking to myself.. what’s the problem?”

Tourte was quick to double down though, standing by her decision and insisting she heard Medvedev’s unruly comments, even if they might’ve been in French.

It isn’t the first time this month Medvedev has found himself at the heart of the controversy, with the 28-year-old blasting the officials after not being able to take a toilet break at the recent Canadian Open.

After having a toilet break rejected during his second-round clash with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Medvedev commented on the incident: “It was a problem because I couldn’t go out. I had to go out after the second set because I had forgotten that walking to the toilets is a very long walk here.

“It’s more than two minutes, and it’s far from Centre Court. I had to go out because I had waited too long being inactive, so I thought that I could do it during the set, but the rule is not clear to me.

“Sometimes they let me go during the set. I know normally you have to do that within one hour and a half of the changeover.”

It’s been a torrid start to his time in North America, with Medvedev’s recent form meaning he won’t be one of the top four seeds for this month’s US Open