FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Daniil Medvedev has been fined $42,500 for his habits throughout his first-round defeat to Benjamin Bonzi on the U.S. Open.
Medvedev obtained a $30,000 wonderful for unsportsmanlike conduct and a $12,500 wonderful for racket abuse, in keeping with the Grand Slam rulebook.
He obtained a complete of $110,000 in prize cash, so he nonetheless turned a revenue at this 12 months’s US Open, although smaller than he would have preferred.
Medvedev’s first-round encounter with Bonzi spiraled into chaos when a photographer unintentionally walked onto the court docket throughout match level within the third set. Chair umpire Greg Allensworth stopped play and granted Benjamin Bonzi one other first serve—prompting a livid six-minute delay.
Agitated and gesturing wildly, Medvedev berated the umpire, taunting, “He desires to go dwelling, guys. He will get paid by the match, not by the hour.” He even invoked previous feedback, asking, “What did Reilly Opelka say?”—a jab at a fellow participant’s earlier criticism of Allensworth.
Finally Medvedev saved the match level and rallied again from two units down, however he was defeated in 5 units by Bonzi. The Russian has now misplaced 4 consecutive Grand Slam matches for the primary time in his profession.
Medvedev later clarified that it wasn’t the photographer he was upset with, however the umpire’s resolution.
