Samrej, meanwhile, is making his Grand Slam debut. The 23-year-old beat Japan’s Rio Nogushi in the Asia-Pacific Wild Card Play-off in China to earn a ticket to the Melbourne gala. He is the ...

The three-time Melbourne Park finalist narrowly avoided a major Grand Slam upset, battling back to defeat World No. 418 Kasidit Samrej 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round. Medvedev steadied ...

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 ...

(Tennis Australia via AP) This image made from animation and provided by Tennis Australia shows a first round match between ...

DANIIL MEDVEDEV smashed the net camerain frustration during his Australian Open first round clash with Kasidit Samrej. The Russian, 28, took on the Thai world No.418 with few predicting anything ...

Daniil Medvedev has been fined a large chunk of his Australian Open prize money for unsportsmanlike conduct at the year's ...

Samrej demonstrated some big-stage nerve at key moments, particularly when he held serve from 3-3, 0/40 en route to clinching the third set. He also deployed plenty of crafty drop shots to take ...

Watch the match highlights between Kasidit Samrej & Daniil Medvedev in Round 1 of the 2025 Australian Open Men's Singles Tournament Tennis. Hewitt nepotism claims shot down by tennis icon ...

Daniil Medvedev has used his racket to smash a tiny camera attached to the net at the Australian Open while he was trailing ...

Daniil Medvedev predicted a big future for his Australian Open first-round opponent Kasidit Samrej. The Thai tennis player, who is a fan of NBA star Steph Curry, pushed the Russian to the limits ...

But Samrej, who has never previously competed at an ATP Tour event, started to struggle physically and the Russian regained his composure to win 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-2. The fifth seed has made five ...

Daniil Medvedev of Russia reacts during his first round match against Kasidit Samrej of Thailand at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.