{"id":108326,"date":"2025-08-25T07:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/108326\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:25:07","slug":"daniil-medvedev-exits-us-open-after-photographer-incident-on-match-point-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/108326\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev exits US Open after photographer incident on match point | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ex-US Open champ suffers meltdown in a third-set flashpoint after an errant photographer\u2019s action caused a point replay.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s Benjamin Bonzi sent 13th seed Daniil Medvedev crashing out of the US Open in a stormy late-night thriller that boiled over into chaos following an extraordinary third-set meltdown by the Russian.<\/p>\n

Bonzi advanced to the second round after holding his nerve to win 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5\/7), 0-6, 6-4 in three hours and 45 minutes on Sunday night at Flushing Meadows in New York.<\/p>\n

The match exploded into drama in the third set as Bonzi served at advantage on match point, leading 5-4 after winning the opening two sets.<\/p>\n

After faulting on his first serve, Bonzi prepared to serve again when chair umpire Greg Allensworth suddenly halted play after a photographer mistakenly walked onto the court.<\/p>\n

Allensworth called for time after shouting, \u201cNot now, get off the court, please\u201d, before awarding a new first serve to Bonzi on the grounds of a \u201cdelay caused by outside interference\u201d.<\/p>\n

That prompted an incandescent reaction from Medvedev, who sprinted across the court to remonstrate angrily with Allensworth, accusing the umpire of seeking to end the match early.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you a man? Are you a man?\u201d the 2021 US Open champion asked Allensworth, before shouting into a courtside microphone: \u201cHe wants to go home, guys. He doesn\u2019t like to be here; he gets paid by the match, not by the hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medvedev then turned to the Louis Armstrong Stadium crowd, waving his arms wildly to encourage them to voice their displeasure.<\/p>\n

As deafening catcalls and jeers rained down, play was held up for more than six minutes before Bonzi finally got the opportunity to serve for the match once again.<\/p>\n

With the Frenchman clearly rattled, Medvedev saved match point and then went on to force a third-set tie-break, which he duly won to keep the match alive.<\/p>\n

\"BenjaminFrance\u2019s Benjamin Bonzi returns the ball to Russia\u2019s Daniil Medvedev during their men\u2019s singles first round tennis match [Charly Triballeau\/AFP]Medvedev recovers, then falls at the final hurdle<\/p>\n

Bonzi appeared to wilt in the fourth set, Medvedev winning 6-0 to send it to a decider.<\/p>\n

But Bonzi showed great resolve in the fifth set, twice recovering from going a break down before breaking Medvedev\u2019s serve to seal victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was crazy. I may have got some new fans but also some new non-fans,\u201d Bonzi said afterwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe energy was wild. Thanks to all those who were booing that gave me energy in the fifth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonzi admitted he had lost composure during Medvedev\u2019s third-set antics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never experienced something like that. Maybe we wait five minutes before the match point, and it was so difficult to play,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to stay calm and stay in the match, but it was not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medvedev, meanwhile, slumped to his seat after the defeat, smashing a racquet violently in frustration.<\/p>\n

Medvedev becomes the first former champion to exit this year\u2019s tournament, leaving Flushing Meadows after a disappointing year at the majors, during which he managed to reach the second round just once.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s incident was reminiscent of Medvedev\u2019s 2019 match on the same court, when fans booed him for his antics and he later taunted the crowd in his post-match interview, saying the jeers gave him energy. Medvedev had snatched the towel from a ball person during the match and was given a code violation by umpire Damien Dumusois. He then threw his racket in the direction of Dumusois, barked something at him and later flashed his middle finger next to his forehead as he walked past the umpire\u2019s chair, actions that led to him being fined $9,000 for that match.<\/p>\n

\"DaniilMedvedev breaks his racket after losing his men\u2019s singles first round tennis match against Bonzi [Charly Triballeau\/AFP]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-US Open champ suffers meltdown in a third-set flashpoint after an errant photographer\u2019s action caused a point replay.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3,1079,99,428,21,1209],"class_list":{"0":"post-108326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-us-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}