Daniil Medvedev, the No. 5 seed, narrowly avoided a major upset in the first round of the Australian Open, overcoming a slow start against world No. 418 Kasidit Samrej. Medvedev trailed for two sets before rallying to win 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. During the match, Medvedev displayed anger and broke his racket after losing a key point in the third set.
The No. 5-seeded Medvedev narrowly avoided what would have been one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam tournament history against No. 418-ranked Kasidit Samrej. while he was trailing someone ranked 418th before eventually avoiding a monumental upset and winning 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday.
The camera-destroying racket swings happened in what would be the last game of the third set, which Samrej claimed to take a two-sets-to-one-lead in the best-of-five match. Medvedev went up to the net and brought his racket forward with full force five times, breaking his equipment while shattering a small black camera and sending pieces of it flying. That earned a code violation warning for racket abuse from the chair umpire.Soon enough, Medvedev had dropped the set, leaving him with plenty of work to do to avoid a massive upset in his first match of the 2025 season.
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