Not one to shy away from showing his emotions on the court, Novak Djokovic has exploded in an all-time blow-up during his quarter-final against Alexander Zverev.
Djokovic has endured a frustrating opening week at Melbourne Park, dropping at least a set in every one of his matches from the second round onward, while also fighting an abdominal injury.
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The world No.1's temper has reared its ugly head on a number of occasions so far this summer, and appeared once again in the third set against Zverev.
After the pair split the first two sets of the match, Zverev found himself up a break in the third, taking a 4-1 lead after saving a break point on his own serve.
Following a tightly-contested Zverev service game, Djokovic blew his top, smashing his racquet four times on the court before throwing it away as he walked to his bench.
The explosive outburst left the commentary team stunned on Nine's coverage of the Australian Open.
"There is a little frustration, most likely from the big second serve and the line form the last point," American tennis great Jim Courier said.
"Probably expresses a lot that's been bottled up from everything else that's gone on in this tournament from him. He got his money's worth on that one."
"He went hard, didn't he," Lleyton Hewitt added. "It is a build-up for sure from the last week or so."
Djokovic's outburst was so explosive that a ballgirl was forced to pick up the debris from his racquet minutes afterwards with a dustpan.
Incredibly, after looking down and out of the third set, Djokovic sprung to life immediately after his blow-up, taking the next five games in a row to take the third set off a "shell-shocked" Zverev, 6-4.
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