Tennis fans had a mixed reaction to finding out that former World No.1 Daniil Medvedev watched tennis matches online through pirated websites' illegal streams.

The 2021 US Open champion overcame Alex De Minaur to secure his spot in the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows, and was later asked if he would be watching other matches that took place the following day.

"I guess in a lot of hotels they have Spectrum," said the Russian. "I cannot watch it on TV anymore. I don't know if it's legal or illegal, but I have to find a way because I cannot watch it on TV. I got Internet, probably this, how you call it, pirate websites, I watch tennis there. I have no other choice."

Numerous tennis fans took to Twitter to address those claims, with several speaking out on the inaccessible nature of tennis broadcasting.

"Imagine how unbelievably shit and inaccessible your product is if a *tennis player* has to find illegal streams to watch tennis," a fan's tweet read.

"There's never a clear info about tennis matches broadcast. Thanks for speaking it as it is, Daniil," wrote another fan.

"Professional tennis players of all people are having to pirate tennis streams to watch. That’s how broken and bad of a user experience tennis broadcasting is," said yet another upset fan.

"Danya, be a nice tennis fan and share the links," asked another fan.