{"id":529978,"date":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/529978\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","slug":"daniil-medvedev-makes-plea-to-united-to-find-his-missing-bags-after-flight-to-miami-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/529978\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev makes plea to United to find his missing bags after flight to Miami Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniil Medvedev found out the hard way that there\u2019s nothing more humbling than air travel.<\/p>\n<p>The tennis star made a public plea to United Airlines after he said it misplaced all of his bags en route to this week\u2019s Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38810067\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/daniil-medvedev-celebrates-match-point-123594769.jpg\" alt=\"Tennis star Daniil Medvedev at the Indian Wells Open\" class=\"wp-image-38810067\"  \/>Tennis star Daniil Medvedev at the Indian Wells Open. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/united\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <\/a>@united\u2026need a little help,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DaniilMedwed\/status\/2033931805208793524?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he wrote on X on Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cFlew from PSP to Florida yesterday and none of my bags arrived. Kind of need them to play in the @MiamiOpen\u2026.can you help?\u201d he added, along with a winking emoji.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for the ATP World No. 10 to receive a response, though he didn\u2019t seem too satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>It was a more generic answer from United, which addressed the case like any middle-of-the-road lost luggage claim, prompting some humorous replies from Medvedev and his followers alike.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of AI help has been overwhelming,\u201d Medvedev responded with a facepalm and shrugging emojis.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The amount of AI help has been overwhelming \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniil Medvedev (@DaniilMedwed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaniilMedwed\/status\/2033974667975766163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of the top tennis players on the planet. This will be a very bad look for you folks if you cannot get him his bags. And Dave Carroll may write and record another song about you too,\u201d another user commented, alluding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrealist.com\/who-is-dave-carroll-and-what-is-the-song-united-breaks-guitars-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Canadian singer\u2019s viral protest song<\/a>, \u201cUnited Breaks Guitars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quipped one more: \u201cI actually appreciate he was treated as sh-ttily as the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a chucklesome \u201creality check\u201d for Medvedev, who had just handed World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz his first loss of the year on his way to the Indian Wells final.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38810075\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/daniil-medvedev-russia-reacts-losing-123682884.jpg\" alt=\"Daniil Medvedev at Indian Wells Open\" class=\"wp-image-38810075\"  \/>Not even the World No. 10 tennis star can avoid an AI auto-response. AP<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev ultimately fell short against No. 2-ranked Italian phenom Jannik Sinner on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps United enforces a strict, \u201cIf you\u2019re not first, you\u2019re last\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev found out the hard way that there\u2019s nothing more humbling than air travel. 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