What just happened at the US Open? Chaos in the crowd while Medvedev Found

They say tennis needs bad guys.

(He also apparently has a CDN signature cocktail of $ 32, but it’s a thread for later.)

Tennis, a label and tradition sport, is also known for the occasional player who brings drama. The spice. Public collapses, confrontation behavior, the racket that divides the crowd, “what has just happened?” Moments of chaos between the rounds slamming a ball front back.

Sunday at the US Open, Daniil Medvedev in Russia undoubtedly nailed the role. And the scene in the crowd, perhaps helped by a few cocktails “Honey Deuce”, was pure chaos.

“He broke the rackets, insulted the referee, incited the crowd – and of course still lost,” wrote the influencer of disinformation of social media Pekka Kallioniemi.

“I do not know who is more without class, Medvedev or the crowd. Bonzi did not deserve it,” wrote another commentator.

This is not the first time that Medvedev has sparked a crowd of rinsing meadows in a rage, but it is generally directed towards him.

So what exactly happened?

The photographer enters the court, the chaos follows

It started with a misstep.

The match between Firebrand Medvedev and the French rival Benjamin Bonzi went down to chaos after a photographer entered the court on the match point. Bonzi had just struck his first service, leading 5-4 in the third set. After missing it, a photographer left his position and started walking on the side of the courtyard.

Referee President Greg Allensworth told the photographer to leave the field, then announced that Bonzi would get another first service due to the delay – common in tennis.

A spokesperson for the US Tennis Association said that security had escorted the court photographer and that his diploma had been revoked.

But then Medvedev launched a tirade in the official before orchestrating a choir of huae who rain from the stands.

“Are you a man? Are you a man? Why are you trembling?” He shouted as he headed for the chair. “He wants to go home, guys, he doesn’t like it here. He’s paid by the match, not on time.”

The huts and songs of the “second serve! Second serve!” continued for more than six minutes.

Medvedev launched fans kisses and continued to encourage noisy hoots, which lasted so long that he then tried to bring the fans to calm down so that Bonzi could serve. When Bonzi finally did it, he missed the first service, then lost the point, and Medvedev won the match and later the set to extend the match.

The former Medvedev champion was finally eliminated 6-3 7-5 6-7 (5) 0-6 6-4 by Bonzi, who threatened to leave the field at some point and called for his opponent to be disqualified.

After losing, Medvedev broke his racket until he separated.

“He is almost 30 years old, but acts as he was 10,” wrote the account of tennis swish tennis on X.

‘I just express my emotions’

At a press conference after the match, Medvedev called for the fun of the “fun” crowd “and said he did not believe that the delay caused by the photographer was long enough to justify a first service.

“I was not angry with the photographer. I was angry with the decision,” said Medvedev.

“I just expressed my emotions, my misfortune with the decision, then the crowd did what they did without my asking them too much, and it was fun to see.”

Bonzi said that crowds were distracting and that the call was not to be made.

“Whenever I made the line to serve and every time I did that, everyone was hulu. I felt that I hadn’t hurt anything in the match, like this treatment, and I didn’t want to serve in these conditions,” said Bonzi.

“I mean, this is not my call to say the first service. And I think, yes, Daniil started, and he put oil on the fire.”

As many have already noted, the drama to the US Open is often – and apologies for having mixed our sports metaphors – peer for the course. The crowds are noisy, the big names flock to look, there is music between the changes and, yes, there is the honey deuce signature, overflowing with vodka.

Emma Navarro, an American who reached the semi-finals of Flushing Meadows last year, described the US Open as “casual”.

Wimbledon, in comparison, is known for its elegance, prolonged Silets and traditional strawberries and its cream dish.