Daniil Medvedev breaks his racket after dropping in 5 units to France’s Benjamin Bonzi throughout their singles match on the U.S. Open tennis championship on August 24, 2025.
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The U.S. Open descended into chaos on Sunday (August 24, 2025) when a photographer got here onto the courtroom as Daniil Medvedev confronted match level, bringing the first-round match to a standstill and sparking a spectacular meltdown from the Russian.
Former champion Medvedev was ultimately knocked out 6-3 7-5 6-7(5) 0-6 6-4 by Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, who threatened to stroll off the courtroom at one level and referred to as for the Russian to be disqualified.
Serving for the match at 6-3 7-5 5-4, Bonzi was getting ready to play his second serve when the photographer stepped onto the courtroom floor.
The disruption led chair umpire Greg Allensworth to place Bonzi again onto his first serve, sparking an astonishing outburst from Medvedev.
“Are you a person? Are you a person? Why are you shaking?” the Russian shouted as he stormed in direction of the chair.
“He desires to go dwelling, guys, he would not prefer it right here. He will get paid by the match, not by the hour.”
Medvedev additionally repeatedly shouted, “What did Reilly Opelka say?” on the official in reference to the U.S. participant’s name for Allensworth to be suspended after receiving a code violation on the Dallas Open for confronting a spectator.
The match was halted for about six minutes as jeers, whistles and boos rang out round Louis Armstrong Stadium, with followers refusing to remain quiet so Bonzi may serve.
The USTA mentioned the photographer was escorted from the courtroom by U.S. Open safety and that his credentials had been revoked.
The chaos nearly proved Medvedev’s salvation.
After warding off the match level he broke to stage the set at 5-5 earlier than edging the tiebreak to drive a fourth set.
The 2021 champion seemed a totally totally different participant within the fourth set as he dished out a bagel to stage the match as his rattled opponent took a medical timeout for what seemed to be a knee concern.
Boos from the gang continued for the rest of the match, with some followers concentrating on Bonzi throughout his service movement.
The ultimate set was rather more of a contest, with the duo exchanging a number of breaks of function the match wound right down to a nail-biting end.
Spurred on my shouts of “Braveness!” and “Allez!” from his field, Bonzi sealed the win with a wonderful backhand, with Medvedev returning to his seat and smashing his racket.
“It was loopy. I could have gotten some new followers, but in addition some new non-fans,” mentioned world quantity 51 Bonzi, who has now crushed Medvedev in all three of their Grand Slam encounters, every time within the first spherical.
“The vitality was loopy. Due to all who had been booing. Thanks for the vitality.
“I’ve by no means skilled one thing like that. We waited perhaps 5 minutes earlier than the match level and it was loopy. There was a lot noise.”
Medvedev turns into the primary former champion to exit this 12 months’s event, leaving Flushing Meadows after a horrible 12 months on the majors the place he managed to get to the second spherical simply as soon as.
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