And he needed another marathon to beat the 418th-ranked Kasidit Samrej on Tuesday in the first Grand Slam of the year. Fifth seed Medvedev was 3-5 behind and on the brink of going two sets to one ...

Melbourne: Thai wild card Kasidit Samrej pushed Russian world No.5 Daniil Medvedev to five sets before bowing out in the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday. After dropping ...

Medvedev on Wednesday faced a maximum fine of up to $80,000 for the act after he recovered to see off the world No.418 Samrej and reach the second round. A sanction would most likely fall under ...

Thailand's Kasidit Samrej took the 2025 Australian Open by storm on Tuesday, January 14. He came realistically close to eliminating World No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in the first round. Playing his ...

The three-time Australian Open finalist had to go the distance again, this time and was nearly part of a historic upset at the Rod Laver Arena after he needed five sets to defeat Samrej.

Daniil Medvedev, the No. 5 seed and 2021 US Open champion, smashed a camera in frustration during his first-round match at the Australian Open against wildcard entrant Kasidit Samrej from Thailand ...

Medvedev’s outburst came during the third set when he lost a 13-stroke back-and-forth with Thailand’s Kasidit Samrej to fall behind 40-15. With Medvedev up at the net, Samrej’s shot clipped ...

The feisty Russian, a three-time finalist in Melbourne, lost his cool in the third set before rallying to beat unheralded Thai Kasidit Samrej A volatile Daniil Medvedev mangled his racquet in an ...

In an epic meltdown, former World No 1 Daniil Medvedev destroyed his racquet and net camera In Frustration after losing a point against Thailand's Kasidit Samrej. The Russian was booed by the ...

Three-time finalist Daniil Medvedev, on Tuesday, suffered an epic meltdown at the Rod Laver Arena during his Australian Open round one match against Thailand's Kasidit Samrej. The Russian ...

The feisty Russian, a three-time finalist in Melbourne, lost his cool in the third set before rallying to beat unheralded Thai Kasidit Samrej 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena.

MELBOURNE - Daniil Medvedev destroyed his racket and a net camera in a mid-match meltdown as he survived a huge scare against Thai wildcard Kasidit Samrej to reach the Australian Open second round ...