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Medvedev DQ'd from China Open after hitting spectator with ball

ESPN · Oct 5, 2026

Daniil Medvedev Practicing Tennis 10.jpg (archive photograph) — Archive / section photograph: Daniil Medvedev Practicing Tennis 10.jpg. Photograph by Amaury Laporte / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized; card crops may vary. This is a file photograph, not a photograph of the reported event.

Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from his semifinal China Open match against Novak Djokovic after hitting a ball into the stands and striking a fan in the head. Djokovic advances to the final Tuesday vs. Alex de Minaur.

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