A top 10 tennis player in the world destroyed his racket in the middle of the game before being beaten twice 6-0 in 49 minutes

Daniil Medvedev experienced one of the toughest defeats of his career at the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo and left an image that went around the world: after being vastly overcome, he vented his frustration by breaking his racket in the middle of the game.

The current number 10 in the ATP ranking was crushed by Matteo Berrettini (90th), who won with a resounding 6-0 double in just 49 minutes, without giving him any chance of reaction. The Russian failed to win a single game, something unprecedented in his career against a rival that does not belong to the elite of the circuit

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Medvedev's emotional break came at the start of the second set, when he was already losing 2-0 and accumulating 8 consecutive games lost. At that time, he hit his racket against the ground repeatedly until it was destroyed and then threw it in a garbage can, reflecting his powerlessness in the face of the match

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Italian dominance was absolute from the start. Strong from the service and aggressive in every return, Berrettini took advantage of the mistakes of his rival, who never managed to adapt to the surface and accumulated 5 double faults and 27 unforced errors. The difference was such that Medvedev only scored 17 points in the entire game with a 36% first-serve ERA

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After the win, the Italian valued his performance: “I think it was one of the best performances of my life. I missed only three hits in the whole game and it's not easy against a player as difficult as Daniil. The game plan was perfect and my weapons worked.”

With this victory, Berrettini advanced to the round of 16, where he will face the winner of the duel between Joao Fonseca and Arthur Rinderknech, consolidating one of the most impressive victories of the tournament.