Daniil Medvedev disqualified against Novak Djokovic! (Beijing 2026)
Oct 6, 2026
😱 Daniil Medvedev was disqualified against Novak Djokovic at 5-7, 3-5, 15-15 while Nole was serving for the match in semi-finals of the China Open.
Daniil accidentalky hit a spectator in the eye with a ball. The disqualification was inevitable. At 39 years old, Djokovic reached his 146th final!
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AI GeneratedDuring a match between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev, Medvedev accidentally hit a ball into the crowd, which rebounded and struck Djokovic in the eye. Following a review by chair umpire Mohamed Layani and the ATP supervisor, Medvedev was defaulted from the match, resulting in an unexpected victory for Djokovic.
As though it was off camera there we think Medvedev has just
volleyed the ball up into the crowd here. I think it rebounded off Djokovic's shot
off the backboards of Medvedev. So it hit the guy in the middle has it?
Is that why he's head down? Here we go.
So it rebounds back. Oh yeah. Is he stopping up from going to
the crowd? Is he hitting that in anger? Yeah it's a bit of a grey area isn't it?
But Djokovic is being taken out of the stadium so we hope
that he's okay. It's obviously caught him straight in that left eye of his.
So a big decision here for Mohamed Layani. It looks as though he's going to
be okay. Novak Djokovic is protesting. Of course
Djokovic has been on the wrong end of one of these decisions before.
I think he might be done.
Well it looked like the way he was talking to Djokovic that
that Medvedev was going to be okay but the way he's just
told Medvedev there yeah I think he's going to be defaulted.
Well can you believe it? The most extraordinary level
in this match. It has ended on a Medvedev default.
No real protest from Daniel Medvedev but it's hard to argue with the decision
from Mohamed Layani and the ATP supervisor there.