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Russian star tennis player Daniil Medvedev angrily broke the net camera with his racket in the first round of the Australian Open. During this time his racket also broke.
He faces Thailand’s Kasidit Samarej in the first round at the Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday. Medvedev, a three-time finalist in this Grand Slam, was trailing 1-2 in the match against Samarez, ranked 418th in the world. After one mistake, he could not control himself and broke the camera with the racket. Then after the match he said – I cannot control myself from making such mistakes in the match.
However, 5th seed Medvedev won the five-set match 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1,6-2. This was the first Grand Slam match for Thailand’s Samarez, who entered the tournament with a wild card.
Staff repairing the camera after Medvedev broke his racket.
Medvedev also broke his racket by hitting it on the net in anger.
I want Samarez to play like this in every match Medvedev said in his interview on the court, I had seen Samarez’s matches, but had not seen this kind of performance, so I was surprised. If they play like this in every match, they can do well. I want Samarez to play like this in every match if I am facing him. To be successful in tennis you have to perform consistently and I wish the same for him.
Rohan Bopanna pair out Former world number-1 and India’s legendary tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Colombian partner Nicolas Barrientos were eliminated in the first round of men’s doubles of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Indo-Colombian players lost 5-7, 6-7 (5) to the Spanish pair of Pedro Martínez and Jaime Munar in a match that lasted one hour and 54 minutes. Bopanna won his first Grand Slam of the season in 2024 with Australia’s Matthew Ebden.
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