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Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner have both responded after fans thought the world No 3 stole from the Italian after losing their recent final meeting at the China Open. A video of Medvedev taking a stuffed toy out of the world No 4\u2019s trophy has gone viral but he revealed that it was actually his own toy that he was getting back. Sinner also defended his rival, explaining why he might have appeared annoyed with Medvedev.<\/p>\n
Sinner got his first career victory over Medvedev in seven career meetings on Wednesday, coming through 7-6(2) 7-6(2) to lift the trophy at the China Open. It was his ninth career title and allowed him to reach a new career-high of world No 4 but one of the biggest talking points from the final was nothing to do with Sinner\u2019s achievement.<\/p>\n
Fans spotted a funny moment between the 22-year-old and Medvedev following the trophy presentation. After taking photos together, the world No 3 reached into Sinner\u2019s trophy and took a plushie out, walking off with his rival looking confused.<\/p>\n
Medvedev stole that doll,\u201d @Fedals_Tear wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). @KittyBox1 added: \u201cSinner looks mad about it.\u201d But both men have now cleared things up, as Medvedev confessed he still found some of the clips \u201cfunny\u201d.<\/p>\n
Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news<\/strong><\/p>\n Just in <\/strong> Tiafoe details funny reason he missed Shanghai Masters flight after late arrival[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt was mine. It was mine. The thing is that they gave us both a toy, and he put his straight away in his trophy, in the cup,\u201d he explained. Medvedev decided to follow suit, continuing: \u201cAnd me, I didn’t want to be with a toy on the pictures because I knew that it’s a great picture, so I put mine in his cup and took it back, and I was actually even a little bit surprised it made such a buzz.<\/p>\n \u201cBut some of the videos and photos are really funny, the way I took it and just left, but it was my toy.\u201d Sinner was later asked about Medvedev\u2019s comments and confirmed his rival\u2019s story. \u201cYeah, it is his,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n The nine-time title winner also explained that he might have looked annoyed because he was trying to speak to Medvedev about his plans to travel on to Shanghai for the Masters 1000 event. Sinner explained: \u201cSo he had the same toy as I had, but we took the picture, and he put it in because of the picture, and then when he went away, he took it.<\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/4997586.jpg?r=1696588197433\")
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