Daniil Medvedev has confronted criticism after repeatedly smashing his racket throughout a bruising loss on the Monte Carlo Masters.
Daniil Medvedev threw his racket within the bin after smashing it a number of instances (Picture: Tennis TV)
Former doubles world No. 1 Jamie Murray believes Daniil Medvedev was “uncontrolled” as he smashed his racket seven instances throughout an outburst on the Monte Carlo Masters, after which chucked the broken body within the bin. Medvedev suffered the primary 6-0 6-0 defeat of his profession on Wednesday as he was trashed by Italian wildcard Matteo Berrettini in simply 49 minutes.
After dropping the primary eight video games in a row, the seventh seed had had sufficient. He turned to the again of the courtroom and twice threw his racket. Medvedev continued to stroll to his racket, choose it up, and hurl it to the bottom, repeating a number of instances till it was properly and really damaged.
The outpouring of frustration didn’t assist him, nonetheless, and he was despatched packing with out profitable a single sport. And Jamie Murray, the brother of three-time Main champion Andy, didn’t like what he noticed throughout Medvedev’s meltdown.
“I imply, that is out-of-control stuff. Simply doing it for the present at that time, don’t prefer to see it,” the two-time males’s doubles Grand Slam winner instructed Sky Sports activities.
“Additionally, a number of the throws he’s going for, as soon as that racket leaves your hand, it’s fully out of your management, who is aware of the place it finally ends up. 6-0 2-0 and he was in all types of hassle, wasn’t he? And it didn’t get any higher for him.”
Whereas Medvedev admittedly doesn’t like taking part in on clay, Murray was nonetheless shocked by the character of his defeat. “It’s stunning, yeah. I imply, it shouldn’t occur. It did,” he continued.
Daniil Medvedev threw his racket seven instances after going 6-0 2-0 down (Picture: Tennis TV)
“I don’t understand how a lot impact that may have on him going ahead. I’m certain he might be fairly embarrassed strolling again into the locker room, and I’d be eager to get off-site fairly rapidly, I feel, if that was the efficiency I’d put in immediately.
“I imply, he performed so properly in Indian Wells as properly. Clearly, he talks about clay not being his favorite floor and the difficulties he has on it, however he received in Rome, it was his solely clay-court title, however if you happen to can win in Rome, you’ll be able to play on clay. It was an enormous shock to see him go down with two eggs, however truthful play to Berrettini for doing that, as a result of it’s not a straightforward factor to do.”
Medvedev now has a while to regroup earlier than heading to the Madrid Open, which begins on April 21. As one of many high seeds within the males’s draw, he received’t play his first match there till Friday or Saturday.
The world No. 10 appeared to rediscover his greatest type this season, lifting two titles in Brisbane and Dubai. He additionally completed runner-up in Indian Wells, the place he turned the primary man this yr to beat Carlos Alcaraz. However Medvedev misplaced within the third spherical of the Miami Open – additionally getting bagelled by Francisco Cerundolo – earlier than a disappointing opening-round exit in Monaco.
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