Australian Open: Daniil Medvedev’s midcourt meltdown, rowdy crowd alerted and who’s playing on day four

The luckiest loser wins on five minutes’ notice, Daniil Medvedev expects a big fine for tearing down a webcam, and the debutant from LA hopes to make people smile.

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Here are the five quick hits from day three of the Australian Open, including when the Aussies play on day four.

1. The luckiest one loses Eva

German Eva Lys lost her qualifying final to Australian Destanee Aiava on Thursday, celebrated her 23rd birthday in Melbourne on Sunday and had booked a flight home to Hamburg for Wednesday.

But on Tuesday afternoon she got a headache that the Russian 13th seed Anna Kalinskaya had withdrawn from the tournament and the third lucky loser Lys was on deck.

The catch was that she had just five minutes before she had to face Australian women’s number one Kim Birrell at the Kia Arena.

While it may sound like luck to match a player 27 places behind herself and 112 places lower than her original opponent, it proved not to be for Birrell, who was suddenly the favorite against a relative unknown as opposed to an underdog in a competition she had spent days preparing for.

Lys admitted she played with complete freedom and it proved effective as she rolled over Birrell 6-2, 6-2 in just 70 minutes.

“If you’re going to go out and have zero expectations, just be grateful and happy that you’re getting another game, it definitely makes it easier,” Lys said.

“One thing that definitely helped me is not being negative; I made mistakes but I was still happy to be on the track, so I think that’s definitely the key to today’s win.”

2. Medvedev takes it out on the net

Up to his old tricks?

Clearly frustrated at falling behind in his Center Court clash, a red-hot Daniil Medvedev repeatedly slammed his racket into the net during his match against world number 418 Kasidit Samrej.

As Samrej closed in on winning the third set, the 23-year-old from Thailand beat Medvedev at the net and won the point.

Anger then boiled over for the former world number one as he smashed the camera into the net – five times to be exact.

The incident was immediately followed by boos from the Melbourne crowd as the Russian was fouled.

Medvedev managed to move past his tantrum to save two set points, but Samrej eventually sealed it.

The match was postponed while ball kids swept the debris off the court and tournament officials reattached the bottom of the net to the court surface.

Under the grand slam rules regulated by the International Tennis Federation, players can be fined under the category of “Misuse of rackets or equipment”.

The maximum fine for each violation is $US50,000 ($80,000).

“Honestly, I hope (the fine) is not too big,” Medvedev said at the press conference.

“The fine is usually for breaking the racket and the camera is going to cost something, but I don’t think the Go Pro is that expensive.

“What I have to say is that the camera was very, very strong.”

Despite the valiant effort of Samrej, who won a wildcard play-off to be here, Medvedev won the match in a five-set match and now advances to the second round.

3. Radiant fans give a slap on the wrist

One of the great things about the Australian Open is the extraordinary encouragement the home supporters give home players.

In the night sessions, however, it occasionally tends to go a little too far.

During the tense second set between Alex de Minaur and Botic can de Zandschulp, a supporter shouted “I love you Demon” just before the Dutchman began his service move.

It was a decisive moment with the scores at deuce tied at 4-4.

Van de Zandschulp managed to hold her serve, but chair umpire Louise Engzell was not impressed.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it’s very upsetting for both players when you scream before the service move,” she said, as serious a heavy whip as you’re likely to get from an umpire.

4. ‘I just want to give people good news’: LA’s grand slam debutant puts a smile on her face

No one who has seen any of the news will fail to be aware of the disaster that is hitting LA right now.

But Tristan Boyer – world number 136, who calls the Los Angeles area of ​​Altadena home and made his grand slam debut in the main draw – simply had to put all that aside.

And the 23-year-old did superbly, beating Argentine world number 96 Federico Coria in five sets, 6-3, 6-7(3), 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

“I think being a high-level athlete there are always some kind of distractions from what you’re doing,” the 23-year-old said.

“I kind of just treat this as another one of those when it’s time to lock up.

“One thing that you focus a lot on is just controlling your controls and what you can control. It’s just a general thing. That kind of falls into that category, it’s something that I can’t really do anything about right now.

“But I mean, obviously, when I get off the field … it’s crazy what happens.

“I’m from Altadena. My dad had to evacuate our house, thankfully it’s okay, but we have friends and family who are homeless now. It’s really, really devastating to see.

“I just want to give people good news. We have friends there and they follow me. So yeah, I just want to do the best I can for them.”

5. Which Australians are playing on day four?

Here’s when all six Australians will play on day four at Melbourne Park (all times AEDT):

• James Duckworth vs Roberto Carballés Baena number two on lane 3
• Jordan Thompson (27) vs Nuno Borges not before 1 p.m. at John Cain Arena
• Sebastian Korda (22) vs Aleksandar Vukic not before 2pm at the Kia Arena
• Diana Schneider vs Ajla Tomljanović (WC) from 5pm at John Cain Arena
• Jack Draper (15) vs Thanasi Kokkinakis not until 7pm at John Cain Arena
• Paula Badosa (11) vs Talia Gibson (WC) last at the Margaret Court Arena