Daniil Medvedev Runs Into Unwritten Rule and Out of Luck

The former No. 1 was defaulted in China after hitting a spectator with a ball; he and others have gotten away with much worse.

After a career of much mayhem-making, the way that Daniil Medvedev finally caught his first tour-level default on Monday in Beijing felt a bit like the feds finally bringing down Al Capone for tax evasion.

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