MELBOURNE, Australia — Daniil Medvedev was fined a complete of $76,000 for his digital camera and racket smashing outbursts through the first two rounds of the Australian Open.
The fines had been revealed Sunday by Australian Open organizers, two days after Medvedev’s surprising second-round exit.
The 2021 US Open champion destroyed a tiny digital camera hanging within the internet by repeatedly smacking it along with his racket throughout a surprisingly tough, five-set, first-round win over Kasidit Samrej, who was ranked 418th. Medvedev was fined $10,000 for the first-round infringement.
Medvedev was penalized some extent throughout his second-round loss to 19-year-old American qualifier Learner Tien for exhibiting related indicators of frustration. He was fined $66,000 for his second-round code violations.
After getting damaged to path 4-3 within the second set when Tien delivered a lob that landed on the baseline, Medvedev chucked his tools towards the sideline, skidding it throughout the court docket till it reached an promoting panel close to his bench.
At different moments of anger, Medvedev hit a ball towards the again wall, toppled a digital camera behind a baseline and punched his racket bag. He additionally voiced displeasure about being known as for 2 consecutive foot-faults, leading to a double-fault, through the second-set tiebreaker.
The second-round contest lasted 4 hours, 49 minutes.
Medvedev was seeded No. 5 at Melbourne Park, the place he was the runner-up in three of the previous 4 years, together with 12 months in the past.
This was Medvedev’s first event of the season — his spouse just lately gave delivery to their second youngster — and the 28-year-old Russian by no means displayed his finest tennis.
