Daniil Medvedev Apologises for Throwing Coins at Umpire After Wimbledon Loss

Russian world No. 49 Daniil Medvedev has apologised for throwing coins at the base of umpire Mariana Alves' chair after his 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 second-round defeat to Belgian Ruben Bemelmans at Wimbledon 2017 on Wednesday.

But he has still been handed fines totalling $14,500 (£11,183) for his conduct—less than the $15,000 (£11,567) sanction Bernard Tomic has been hit with for saying he was "bored" during his first round match, per MailOnline's Ian Herbert. 

Medvedev, 21, took issue with a number of calls in the deciding set against Bemelmans and at one point asked for Alves to be removed as umpire, but he insisted he meant nothing by his post-match antics, per BBC Sport: "I was just frustrated—it has no meaning, I apologise."

It was a frustrating final set for Medvedev—who upset No. 5 seed Stan Wawrinka in the first round in impressive fashion—as he squandered a 2-0 lead and was docked a point by the umpire after arguing with her.

Per BBC Sport, he emptied his wallet of loose change in defiance after his defeat and left the money on court:

He added in his post-match comments, though, that he was not attempting to accuse Alves of bias, per BBC Sport: "I haven't thought about it and that's not why I did it. I was frustrated to lose the match—maybe there were some bad calls, it can happen in sports. I was just disappointed and [did] a stupid thing."

The Guardian's Jacob Steinberg predicted in the aftermath Medvedev could be hit with a heavy fine for his actions, although "his embarrassed demeanour in an apologetic press conference could lessen the damage."