00:00Former No. 1, Daniil Medvedev, lost his temper, smashed his racket on the red clay court seven successive times,
00:06and then deposited the mangled frame in a trash bin midway through a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Matteo
00:13Berrettini at the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday.
00:16Medvedev, who is currently ranked 10th, received a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct
00:22and will also likely be hit with a hefty fine for his actions early in the second set.
00:28The 30-year-old Russian was already struggling when he landed a forehand in the net to drop his opening
00:33service game of the second set and fall behind 2-0,
00:37and he slammed his racket near the baseline.
00:40Then he picked the racket up and threw it toward a tarp at the end of the court.
00:45Still not through, Medvedev then continually picked his frame up and kept on smashing it
00:50until it was destroyed enough to fit through an opening in a courtside trash can as the crowd sarcastically cheered
00:55him on.
00:57Medvedev, who won the U.S. Open in 2021, lost the match in 49 minutes.
01:02He had five double faults to Berrettini's none,
01:05put only 36% of his first serves in play to Berrettini's 65%,
01:10and won only 17 of the 67 points.
01:13Medvedev, who won the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in
01:142021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the
01:14U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S.
01:15Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in
01:152021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the
01:15U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S.
01:15Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in 2021, the U.S. Open in
01:162021, the U.S. Open in 2021
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