Berrettini Serves Up Double Bagel, Medvedev Loses Cool in Monte‑Carlo
By The Tennis Expert 4 min read Matteo Berrettini handed Daniil Medvedev the kind of defeat you tell your club friends about, a 6-0, 6-0 rout in just 49 minutes at the Rolex Monte‑Carlo Masters that left more questions than answers in its wake.
Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters
ATP 1000- Location
- Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Month
- April
- Surface
- Clay
- Draw Size
- 56
- Prize Money
- $6,000,000
- Defending Champion
- TBD
Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters · Third Round · 2026 Berrettini serves up a stunning double bagel in 49 minutes
| Player | Set 1 | Set 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Matteo Berrettini (ITA) | 6 | 6 |
| Daniil Medvedev (RUS) | 0 | 0 |
Shockwaves in Monte‑Carlo
The result landed like a surprise drop shot for anyone who still thought Medvedev had clay comfort to lean on, it was raw and total. Fans watched a top-10 player disappear from the scoreboard while a former Wimbledon finalist played with ruthless simplicity.
Berrettini was surgical, hardly missing and turning pressure into points with a heavy serve and well-timed forehands. The Italian was a wild card but he played like someone who remembered how to hurt opponents on clay, finishing points before Medvedev could breathe.
This was not a long conversation, it was a statement. The match clock stopped at 49 minutes, Medvedev never produced a single game point on his serve, and the scoreboard read a career first for the Russian: a tour-level double bagel.
I think it was one of the best performances of my life. 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. I faced two break points in the first game and then after that it felt I was playing better than him. I was not expecting to win zero, zero like that. But I kept my focus as I know one break or two breaks is not enough sometimes, so I kept pushing.
Medvedev provided the most memorable images, sadly not for his tennis. After losing his opening service game of the second set he smashed his racket several times and earned a code violation, a scene replayed across social timelines and tennis shows.
The context matters: Medvedev has had a strong hard-court spring with a Dubai title and a run to the Indian Wells final, but clay has never been his favorite surface. Still, losing every game is rarer than a clean ace off a backhand return.
I want to find an adjective for the 6-0, 6-0 that we saw today with Matteo Berrettini against Daniil Medvedev. We\u2019re talking about a Medvedev who came in after an incredible start to the season.\n\nHe had changed, he had won Brisbane, he had won Dubai. He made the semi-final [Indian Wells] beating Carlos Alcaraz and then the final against Jannik Sinner, 7-6, 7-6.\n\nAnd then he loses in 49 minutes against a Matteo who played unbelievably well, we\u2019re all happy.\n\nAnd he said: \u2018I prepared for this match in the best possible way. Maybe it was the best match of my career from that point of view.\u2019\n\nThat\u2019s all fine, but I\u2019d like to know what happened.\n\nAs a former professional, I can\u2019t explain it. I would have put myself in the shoes of the crowd, of the crowd that surely came to watch an amazing match between two champions.\n\nAnd didn\u2019t even get to see a set or one normal game from Medvedev. To me, that\u2019s the saddest part.
Tour reactions were blunt. Former players and pundits called the scoreline embarrassing, and it quickly became one of those results that follows a player around for weeks, dissected set by set until a pattern or an explanation appears.
Numbers underline the narrative: Medvedev committed 27 unforced errors and failed to convert any true foothold on his service games. Berrettini converted pressure, kept the ball deep, and allowed no rhythm for the world No. 10.
Berrettini was also fortunate with the draw early on; his first-round opponent retired with Berrettini leading 4-0, so this double bagel gave him a strange week where he had not lost a game across two matches. That streak ended in the fourth round when Joao Fonseca beat Berrettini 6-3, 6-2.
What’s next is the same old tennis calendar but with attention dialed up. If Medvedev skips Madrid, Rome will be the next real chance to shake off clay rust and regain composure before Roland Garros; he has tasted success in Italy before and will need it now.
For Berrettini the victory is a confidence jackpot, but the tour rarely accepts perfection as proof of form; a win over Medvedev is huge, but sustaining that level against the next wave of top opponents is the true test. For Medvedev, expect cooler heads, perhaps a technical tweak, and almost certainly another headline or two this clay season.
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