Extended footage of Marcos Baghdatis breaking 4 tennis racquets in a row, during the 2nd round of the Australian Open. Seen on ABC News 24, Australia.watch full "Marcos Baghdatis Breaks Racquets: Tennis Player Loses Cool At Australian Open (VIDEO)" exclusive ...Down two sets and a break, Marcos Baghdatis sat in his chair at the changeover and smashed his racket seven times until it was almost unrecognizable. He wasn't finished yet.
Baghdatis calmly gave the mangled racket to a ballboy, plucked a new one out of his bag and cracked that as well. The next two, he didn't even bother taking out of the plastic wrapping.
In all, the fiery Cypriot broke four rackets in a row during an Australian Open meltdown that earned him an $800 fine on Thursday.
His frustration released, Baghdatis went on to win the third set but lost the late-night match Wednesday 7-6 (3), 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 to Stanislas Wawrinka.
The racket rage was still the talk of Melbourne Park on Thursday.
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