DANIIL Medvedev suffered a complete meltdown during his ATP Tour Finals game against Taylor Fritz. The Russian tennis star, 28, seemed to lose the plot when he was broken in the second set.

When asked later if he was hoping for the season to end, the Russian, whose behaviour was jeered by the crowd, replied: '100 per cent' US Open finalist Taylor Fritz frustrated Daniil Medvedev to the point that the Russian smashed his racquet and was docked a point in a 6-4,

Daniil Medvedev threatened to retire from his opening match at the ATP Finals shortly after being given a point penalty. The world No. 4 had a full-blown meltdown after getting broken in the second set of his match against Taylor Fritz.

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,

U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz frustrated Daniil Medvedev to the point that the Russian smashed 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. Medvedev received two code violations from the chair umpire for his behaviour.

It's fair to say not the first time Medvedev have said jeers and whistles from a crowd. And he's just been a bit silly here, trying to pretend that the grip is slippy. Thank you. Thank you. Pushing his luck right now.

American Taylor Fritz won his first match in the group stage of the ATP Finals when he beat Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-3 on Sunday after the Russian lost his cool and risked getting defaulted because of his bizarre antics.

Taylor Fritz benefited 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.

Daniil Medvedev exhibited bizarre behaviour during a straight sets loss to Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals in Turin on Sunday (local time).

"Every practice is a struggle. Every match is a struggle. I was holding for long time. Now I feel zero pleasure of being on the court."