WATCH: Vilella Martinez smashes racquet with aplomb

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WATCH: Vilella Martinez smashes racquet with aplomb

Published Jun 10, 2019

Mario Vilella Martinez takes the lead for most epic racquet smash of 2019. The Spaniard lost 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 to Bosnia's Tomislav Brkic at an ATP Challenger in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

The destruction was so great that Madison Keys took notice:

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As did Laura Robson and CoCo Vandeweghe:

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Vilella Martinez is currently ranked No. 262 and was coming into the tournament having made the semifinals last week at the Almaty Challenger, also in Kazakhstan.