Medvedev thrashed by Berrettini as racquets smashed in Monte Carlo defeat

World Number 10 Daniil Medvedev dumped out by opponent 80 rankings lower in second round at Monte Carlo Masters.Daniil Medvedev slipped to an embarrassing 6-0, 6-0 thrashing by Matteo Berrettini in the Monte Carlo Masters second round, as Alexander Zverev dug deep to beat Cristian Garin.Medevdev completely unravelled against Berrettini in Wednesday’s match after missing two break points in the opening game, making 30 unforced errors and serving five double faults.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4World Athletics postpones Doha Diamond League due to player safety concernslist 2 of 4China probes ‘malicious’ cyberbullying of teen diving champion Quanlist 3 of 4Will Arteta’s emotional intensity drive Arsenal to glory or another choke?list 4 of 4Arsenal beat Sporting with late Havertz goal in Champions League quartersend of listMedvedev did not win more than two points in any of the last 11 games and his frustrations boiled over in the second set, smashing his racquet into the court four times.Berrettini wrapped up the double-bagel victory, the first such defeat of former world number one Medvedev’s career, in just 49 minutes.“I think it was one of the best performances of my life,” Berrettini said.“I think I missed three shots in the entire match and it is not easy against a tricky player like Daniil. I think the game plan was perfect and my weapons were working.”The former Wimbledon runner-up, now ranked 90th, will face Joao Fonseca in the last 16 after the Brazilian teenager beat Arthur Rinderknech 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.World number three Zverev, who is hoping to complete the set of all three clay-court Masters 1000 titles this week, staged a late comeback to edge out Chilean qualifier Garin 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.Zverev has reached the semifinals at each of the Australian Open, Indian Wells and the Miami Open this year but was in danger of a shock exit after losing the first set and then trailing 4-0 in the third.Garin also served for the match when 5-3 ahead in the deciding set, but Zverev broke and then sealed victory by reeling off five consecutive games.