Why segment on eventaction not work

I tried call api from demo site:
https://demo.matomo.org/?module=API&method=Events.getAction&idSite=62&date=today&period=day&format=xml&segment=
without set segment, i can get 6 actions, but if i set any segment, i got nothing:
https://demo.matomo.org/?module=API&method=Events.getAction&idSite=62&date=today&period=day&format=xml&segment=eventAction==play
it suppose to get one result with action equal to play right? but why it’s empty.