{"id":594831,"date":"2026-04-09T03:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/594831\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:54:07","slug":"video-medvedev-meltdown-tennis-star-smashes-racquet-in-record-monte-carlo-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/594831\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Medvedev meltdown &#8211; Tennis star smashes racquet in record Monte Carlo defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former world no.1 Daniil Medvedev smashed his racquet six times in a record-breaking defeat to Matteo Berrettini in the Monte Carlo Masters record.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev, currently world no.10, was destroyed 6-0 6-0 in just 49 minutes &#8211; the first time the 30-year-old has been &#8216;double bageled&#8217; in his tennis career.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 US Open champion and two-time finalist lost the plot at 6-0 2-0 in the second set, repeatedly smashing his racquet on the clay surface until it was mangled.<\/p>\n<p>He struck 28 unforced errors and five double faults in the defeat &#8211; failing to win more than two points in any of last 11 games of the match.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/tennis\/news\/sn-140-moments-no-22-rafael-nadal-roger-federer-wimbledon\/4934749bf69dba85fb6082b3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SN 140 Moments: No. 22 &#8211; Rafael Nadal dethrones Roger Federer in 5 gripping sets at Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Daniil Medvedev went absolutely BALLISTIC on his racket today in Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n<p>He ended up losing to Matteo Berrettini 6-0 6-0.<\/p>\n<p>The first double bagel loss of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd started cheering to the beat of his racket smashes.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QE4pm9xdOm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QE4pm9xdOm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/2041899518879502581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was the first time in 10 years an ATP top 10 player has been &#8216;double bageled&#8217; and only the fifth time since ATP rankings started in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev &#8211; also a three-time Australian Open finalist &#8211; has been in form through in 2026, particularly through the US swing, winning the Brisbane International and ATP Dubai, while reaching he final of the Indian Wells Masters.<\/p>\n<p>However, clay is arguably his worst surface, having reached the French Open quarter-finals once, but losing in the first round on six occasions.<\/p>\n<p>He has also failed to make the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev will likely continue his preparation for the French Open in the Madrid Masters, which commences on April 20.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former world no.1 Daniil Medvedev smashed his racquet six times in a record-breaking defeat to Matteo Berrettini in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-594831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}