Daniil Medvedev destroys racket in stunning meltdown after wildcard hands him historic double bagel loss

Daniil Medvedev suffered a notorious crashout aft a historical nonaccomplishment astatine the Monte Carlo Masters connected Wednesday.

The erstwhile satellite No. 1 smashed his racket 7 times successful a enactment midway done a 6-0, 6-0 nonaccomplishment to wildcard Matteo Berrettini. The outburst came aft Medvedev fell down 2-0 successful the 2nd set. 

Russia's Daniil Medvedev smashes his racket during a circular of 32 lucifer against Italy's Matteo Berrettini astatine the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament successful Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, connected April 8, 2026. (Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images)

He continued to smash his racket against the clay, chasing it down and repeating the tantrum. The assemblage egged him on, letting retired a drawn-out chant successful sync with each swing.

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Medvedev yet made his mode to the bench, throwing the breached racket into the garbage tin earlier receiving a codification usurpation for unsportsmanlike conduct. He volition besides apt person a hefty good for the outburst.

Medvedev mislaid the lucifer successful 49 minutes, marking his archetypal nonrecreational nonaccomplishment without winning a crippled - besides referred to arsenic a treble bagel loss.

"I wouldn’t expect to triumph similar that and it doesn’t hap that often," Berrettini, a 2021 Wimbledon finalist, said. "It was decidedly 1 of the champion performances of my life."

Matteo Berrettini of Italy hits a forehand during his Round of 32 lucifer against Daniil Medvedev astatine the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters successful Monte-Carlo, Monaco, connected April 8, 2026. (Mateo Villalba/Getty Images)

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Medvedev had 5 double-faults, won conscionable 17 points, and had conscionable 36% of his archetypal serves successful play. It was his archetypal clay lucifer of the season. 

Medvedev paid a ample good for a akin incidental astatine the U.S. Open past twelvemonth pursuing a first-round elimination. He was fined $30,000 for unsportsmanlike behaviour and an further $12,500 for racket abuse.

Russia's Daniil Medvedev reacts during his circular of 32 lucifer against Italy's Matteo Berrettini astatine the Monte Carlo Masters successful Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, connected April 8, 2026. (Manon Cruz/Reuters)

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 The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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