Daniil Medvedev has achieved one more disastrous outcome this season, being eradicated already within the first spherical of the US Open the place he had triumphed within the 2021 version (in addition to reaching the ultimate in each 2019 and 2023).
The Russian ace is admittedly removed from the participant who triumphed in New York 4 years in the past and who had risen to the highest of the ATP rankings, having misplaced all his certainties and having given his opponents the proper confidence to enter the courtroom with the conviction of having the ability to beat him.
A extremely unusual episode
The previous world No.1 – who had already disillusioned expectations within the two Masters 1000 that precede the final Grand Slam of the season (in Toronto and Cincinnati) – was defeated by French participant Benjamin Bonzi yesterday, the identical opponent who had eradicated him on his debut on the Wimbledon Championships this season.
The match was stuffed with ups and downs and there was a extremely unusual episode on the finish of the third set, when Bonzi had match level on his serve. A photographer all of a sudden entered the courtroom as a result of he was satisfied that the problem was over, an interference that led the chair umpire to concede the primary serve once more to the French star.
That call actually infuriated the champion from Moscow, who complained to the chair umpire and prompted the group to boo the latter. That episode modified the inertia of the match, if we contemplate that the Russian canceled the match level and compelled the fifth set, wherein he was forward by a break earlier than struggling Benjamin's comeback.
Interviewed by 'L'Equipe' instantly after the conflict, Nicolas Mahut commented on the episode in query: "That episode was actually unusual and it occurred at a extremely vital second. I choose to not make judgments about Daniil's habits in that circumstance as a result of I don't need to say issues I’d remorse, however I can't think about Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner behaving like that."
Medvedev has received just one match in Grand Slam tournaments this yr.
