Medvedev Smashes Racket Then Puts It In The Bin During 6-0, 6-0 Loss In Monte Carlo

Daniil Medvedev smashed his racket respective times past placed nan remnants successful a courtside dustbin during a humbling 6-0, 6-0 nonaccomplishment to Italian wildcard Matteo Berrettini astatine nan Monte Carlo Masters connected Wednesday, arsenic nan world No 10 suffered his first tour-level conclusion without winning a game.

Medvedev capitulated successful 49 minutes, failing to gain a crippled constituent connected his ain service and committing 27 unforced errors.

It was nan first clip Berrettini had won a tour-level lucifer 6-0 6-0 and his first triumph complete a top-10 force since defeating Alexander Zverev successful Monte Carlo past season.

“I deliberation it was 1 of nan champion performances of my life,” Berrettini said. “I deliberation I missed 3 shots successful nan full lucifer and it is not easy against a tricky subordinate for illustration Daniil. I deliberation nan crippled scheme was cleanable and my weapons were working.”

Daniil Medvedev’s smashed racket connected nan clay. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Medvedev’s outburst comes amid renewed chat astir really players definitive their vexation during matches. The world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka, backed nan thought of “rage rooms” wherever players tin vent their frustrations distant from nan cameras, successful consequence to Coco Gauff’s racket-smashing incident astatine nan Australian Open, wherever nan American was unaware her actions were being broadcast worldwide.