Daniil Medvedev match was delayed on Monday for almost 10 minutes after the photographer entered the court at the third set. The US Open 2021 champion was enraged by the chairman’s decision to decide to grant his opponent – Benjamin Bonzi – repetition of the first portion.
While Medvedev claimed that Bonzi should try his second service, the chairman remained firm and told RussSi that the game was interrupted from the external court and had to be restarted from scratch. Medvedev did not like the words of the referee and continued to boast and climbed the whole crowd.
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The cameraman tried to leave after Bonzi missed his first portion.
The referee gave Bonzi the first portion.
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The latest melting of Medvedev at the Louis Armstrong stadium led to a wild change in the match. Seed 13 was justified from the exclusion, then won two more sets that forced the decisive fifth. Benjamin Bonzi, however, removed him from the competition 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4 victories.
“I tried to stay calm in the match, but it wasn’t easy,” Bonzi said.
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Bonzi has just hit his first 5-4 management services in the third set. After missing, the photographer left his position before the French could hit the other.
The arbitration chairman Greg Allensworth told the photographer to leave the court, and then announced that Bonzi would get the next first to serve for a delay – which is common in tennis. Medvedev then turned to the chairman to complain about the decision.
“He wants to go home, people. He doesn’t like them here. He gets paid by the match, not an hour,” Medvedev shouted into the microphones behind the chair.
Medvedev still encouraged the loud Boos on Armstrong, which eventually lasted so long that he then tried to get fans to calm down so that Bonzi could serve. When Bonzi finally did, he caught twice and Medvedev won the game and later the set in Tiebreaker extended the match.
“I’ve never experienced something like that,” said Bonzi, who had fans sometimes singing his name.
It reminded Medvedev match in 2019 in the same court, when the fans intervened for his antiquity and later mocked the crowd in an interview after the match and said Jeers gave him energy. Medvedev ripped a towel from Ballperson during the match and got a violation of the referee code Damien Dumusois. Medvedev then threw a rocket towards Dumusois, barking something on him, and later passed his middle finger beside his forehead as he passed the referee’s chair, which led to the fined $ 9,000 for this match.
Medvedev arrived at the final of that year and then won the title two years later. This year, however, only 1-4 went to Grand Slam tournaments and Bonzi was also angry in the first round of Wimbledon.
Medvedev sat on his chair a few minutes after the match and smashed the missile repeatedly before he left.
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Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
August 25, 2025
