U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz benefitted from a questionable serving decision by Daniil Medvedev and frustrated his opponent so much that the Russian broke his racket and was docked a point in a 6-4, 6-3 victory for the American in the opening match of the ATP Finals on Sunday.
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Medvedev first slammed his racket against the bench, which resulted in a slight dent. Then he slammed the racket againt on the hard court at Inapli Arena and mangled the frame into a twisty mess — prompting him to toss it behind him.Midway through the second set, Medvedev was docked a point after he was broken and lost his cool again.
“It’s very easy sometimes when someone’s doing that, you can relax and think that they’re just going to be done and then you kind of drop your level,” Fritz said. “So I just had to try to tell myself, ’Stay focused, play a really good 5-3 game because he was going to fight for that game. Luckily, I served a great game.”
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