We’ve seen this before from Daniil Medvedev.

In 2019, at the U.S. Open he slyly put up his middle finger to the angry crowd in Queens — who didn’t appreciate his antics that included throwing a towel offered to him from a ballperson — and then thanked fans after a win for feeding him with their energy.

This time, at the 2021 Australian Open, he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas — who had upset Rafael Nadal earlier this week — in front of a clearly pro-Tsitsipas crowd. And after he hit a stunner of a passing shot for a winner, they barely flinched. So he stirred them up with this gesture:

Here’s what he said about it:

Can we go back to that shot for a sec?

Man.

He’s on to the finals to face Novak Djokovic.