US Open: Benjamin Bonzi upsets Daniil Medvedev after photographer walks onto courtroom, inflicting wild delay

Daniil Medvedev practically rallied after a wild scene broke out on the US Open on Sunday night time.

But, even after he fought again to pressure a fifth set, Medvedev is headed dwelling from the foremost championship early. France’s Benjamin Bonzi survived a protracted battle to beat Medvedev 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 0-6, 6-4 within the opening spherical. It marked his second straight upset win over Medvedev within the first spherical of a grand slam.

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It was late within the third set, when Bonzi practically had the win in straight units, when whole chaos broke out on Sunday night time. A photographer immediately walked out onto the courtroom proper earlier than Bonzi was about to serve for the match. It’s not clear what the photographer was attempting to do, however the official instantly began screaming at him to get off the courtroom proper earlier than Bonzi was going to serve.

That led to a really lengthy delay with followers continuously booing and throwing thumbs down whereas the official tried to regain management. Bonzi merely stood at his finish of the courtroom, able to serve for the set level, whereas Medvedev ate it up on the different finish. At one level, Medvedev truly walked as much as the chair official and lit him up.

“He wants to go home guys, he doesn’t like to be here,” Medvedev screamed into the ESPN digicam, speaking concerning the official. “He gets paid by the match not by the hour.”

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Eventually, virtually seven minutes later, Bonzi lastly served once more. Medvedev took instant benefit and stayed alive, too. The first serve again went proper into the online, and Medvedev stayed alive earlier than forcing the tiebreak. After dropping the primary two, Medvedev gained three straight factors to get again out in entrance and finally take the set.

The photographer was noticed being walked out of the sector after the third set.

“I never experienced something like that,” Bonzi stated on ESPN. “I don’t know, [we waited maybe] five minutes before the next point. It was so difficult to play. It was so noisy … I tried to stay calm, to stay in the match, but it was not easy.”

Bonzi wanted to take a protracted medical timeout within the fourth set attributable to an obvious problem along with his proper leg. He took that after falling down 3-0, and Medvedev rapidly compelled the fifth set with none problem.

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Bonzi, down 40-0 within the seventh recreation, saved 5 break factors to rally all the best way again and take a 4-3 lead within the ultimate set. That put Medvedev behind for the primary time because the chaotic scene within the third set.

That was all Bonzi wanted to get management of the match again. He rapidly gained the following two video games to stroll away along with his win, it simply got here greater than 90 minutes after he practically closed it out the primary time. Medvedev began smashing his racquet exhausting after the loss whereas sitting on his bench, too, as the gang round him began to boo. He did not cease till it was fully destroyed.

Bonzi beat Medvedev in the identical spherical at Wimbledon in June, too. Medvedev has gained only a single match within the 4 grand slams this season, too, only a 12 months faraway from his run to the quarterfinals on the US Open final fall.

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Bonzi will now advance to tackle Marcos Giron within the subsequent spherical. Medvedev, in the meantime, will head dwelling early as soon as once more as his struggles proceed.