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 ...

World number 418 Samrej, who has been training with Novak Djokovic in recent weeks and won the Australian Open Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off to qualify, put in a sensational showing on his ATP ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

New Australian Open cult hero Kasidit Samrej says he was “a bit shocked” by Daniil Medvedev’s dramatic on-court outburst as ...

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.