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Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from his China Open semifinal match against Novak Djokovic when he hit a ball into the stands, striking a spectator. As a result of this incident, Djokovic progressed to the final round of the tournament. After the disqualification, Djokovic showed understanding for both the injured fan and Medvedev.

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Daniil Medvedev was defaulted during his semi-final match at the China Open against Novak Djokovic when he hit a spectator in the face with a ball, causing an eye injury. The incident occurred while trailing 7-5, 5-3; after Djokovic's winning shot, Medvedev swiped at a loose ball that had bounced off the back of the court, inadvertently striking a fan seated in the front row behind him. Djokovic expressed sympathy for both the injured spectator and his opponent, noting the shock of such an outcome. As a result, Medvedev will forfeit all points and prize money earned from his run to the semi-finals. This incident echoes a similar event at the 2020 US Open where Djokovic was disqualified for striking a line judge with a ball.

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Medvedev disqualified for hitting fan with ball as De Minaur reaches China final same event · 100%

The Sydney Morning Herald · 0.92 cosine similarity

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“Both articles describe Daniil Medvedev's disqualification in the China Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic for hitting a spectator with a ball on the same date.”

Daniil Medvedev disqualified from Beijing Open after hitting fan with ball as apology issued same event · 100%

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“Both articles describe Daniil Medvedev being disqualified from the China Open semi-final after hitting a spectator with a ball.”

Medvedev defaulted for hitting spectator with ball same event · 100%

BBC News · 0.89 cosine similarity

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“Both articles describe Daniil Medvedev being defaulted from his China Open semi-final against Novak Djokovic after hitting a spectator with a ball on the same day.”

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Al Jazeera · 2186 article(s) · 2 correction(s) detected

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Medvedev disqualified after hitting spectator with ball Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from his China Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic after hitting a ball into the stands that struck a spectator.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-05

2026-10-05 · Al Jazeera

Medvedev disqualified after hitting spectator with ball · assertive framing

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Djokovic advanced to the final and expressed sympathy for both the injured spectator and Medvedev. asserted

Djokovic → advance → spectator