India, April 9 -- Daniil Medvedev had a nightmare encounter against Matteo Berrettini in their Round of 32 showdown at the Monte-Carlo Masters. The Russian crumbled in a 0-6, 0-6 defeat, and he was fuming throughout the match, smashing his racquet seven times.

His anger was first visible in the first set when he was trailing 0-2. He smashed his racquet on the baseline and then picked it up, followed by throwing it towards a tarp at the end of the court. Then he picked it up again and kept on smashing it until it was destroyed enough to fit through an opening in a trash can.

Medvedev lost the match in 49 minutes and had five double faults, compared to Berrettini's none. He put only 36 per cent of his first serves in play, compared to Ber...