A tennis ball and a player’s mistake – level 1
19-03-2026 07:00
Daniil Medvedev plays a tennis match against Jack Draper. Medvedev wins the game. During the match, Draper moves his arm. Medvedev looks at the arm, and he cannot focus. He talks to the referee.
The referee looks at a video. She gives the point to Medvedev. Many people in the crowd are angry. They make a loud noise. Medvedev talks to the newspeople. He says he is not a bad person. He follows the rules of tennis. He says that the referee is the boss.
Medvedev and Draper are still friends. They talk at the net. Draper says that the move is not a big problem. Medvedev says he feels fine.
Difficult words: focus (to think or look at one person or thing only), referee (a person who decides about a match or game), crowd (a large group of people).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
How did the crowd respond when the referee awarded the point to Medvedev?
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