Daniil Medvedev gives honest opinion on his hefty fines, says 'if they showed me all my fines, I'd probably cry'

Daniil Medvedev recently opened up on his 'wild' on-court behaviour. The tennis player emphasised that he does not play for money, while jokingly saying that he would 'probably cry' if he was made to see all these fines he's collected throughout his career.

Over the course of years, Medvedev has established himself as one of the most emotional players on the court. The Russian player has often generated news headlines for smashing rackets and getting engaged in arguments with umpires.

Recently, as he prepared for the Shanghai Masters, Danii Medvedev opened up about his on-court behaviour, telling media,

“I'm scared to think how many fines I've paid throughout my career. This perfectly proves that in a way you're not playing for money. Because if I were only playing for money, I’d never do anything wild on the court. But it's emotions, it's life, it's sports. If they showed me all my fines accumulated throughout my career, I'd probably cry. It'd be nice to live without fines but I'm an emotional person on the court, I can't help it.”

Over the years, Medvedev has certainly shelled out big amounts of his earnings in fines. Earlier this year, at the US Open, the 29-year-old was fined $42,500 for smashing rackets against his chair. This marked the fourth biggest sanction in the hard court Major's history.

Daniil Medvedev reacts on being fined much more than other players

Daniil Medvedev's opening round clash at the US Open stirred a controversy. The Russian player was facing France's Benjamin Bonzi and a cameraman walked on court during the match. As an outcome of this, the umpire gave an extra first serve to Bonzi, but Medvedev was clearly unhappy with the decision and caused a six-minute dela as he incited the crowd into a frenzy.

After the game, Medvedev said that the ATP tends to fines players like him more, telling media in a post-match press conference,

“They fine guys like me much more than other guys, so. Actually, I don't know if you know, guys. Is coaching allowed? I have no idea. Because sometimes it is; sometimes not. He was coached a lot. I hope he gets fined too, but these guys they're going to fine only me. (Nick) Kyrgios, me, (Alexander) Bublik. Who else? Reilly (Opelka) Even if Reilly is a nice guy, and they fine him just because they don't like him.”

On the tennis end of things, Daniil is currently set to compete at the Shanghai Masters. The former Grand Slam champion will be taking on Dalibor Svrcina for his opening round encounter at the ATP Masters 1000.