Grigor Dimitrov and John Isner went down Down Under over the weekend. And so did their rackets.
After Isner lost to Gilles Muller during third-round action at the Australian Open on Saturday, Dimitrov fell in a fourth-round four-setter to Andy Murray on Sunday. Before their respective exits, both men took their anger out on their rackets.
Marcos Baghdatis set the standard for Melbourne madness with his famous racket-breaking outburst in 2011:
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Although the Cypriot may never be surpassed in quantity, Dimitrov and Isner arguably rivaled the Cypriot in quality.
Dimitrov snaps his stick in half in one fell swoop:
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It wasn’t the first time a racket has been half-baked at the Australian Open. Agnieszka Radwanksa already set that precedent, although no fault of her own:
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Isner gives his racket the double-duty:
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