Medvedev’s Chaos Can’t Stop Bonzi – Tennis Now
It didn’t take the 2025 US Open very long to create the type of wild, frenzied night session match that it has become known for over the years. Less than a day, in fact.
Daniil Medvedev riled the fans up after a photographer lost his bearings and walked onto court during match point for Benjamin Bonzi, and what followed was six minutes of sheer madness as the Russian seized the moment and brought the Louis Armstrong crowd into the match in one of the craziest night session moments in recent memory.
With Medvedev trailing two sets to love and 5-4, ad-in, Bonzi hit a fault. Then bedlam broke loose as a rogue cameraman emerged on the court, stopping the players in their tracks, while umpire Greg Allensworth chastised the offender and awarded Bonzi another first serve.
The cameraman hung around for a while, snapping pictures in the pit, but was later removed from his post.
Allensworth’s decision to give Bonzi another first serve drove Medvedev batty, and the Russian pleaded his case while gesturing to the fans to make some noise. They did just that, and continued hollering through the five-minute delay. They did not stop until Bonzi had squandered his match point and the break advantage.
Medvedev pushed through the fourth, notching a bagel against a stunned Bonzi, but credit the Frenchman for finding his resolve in the final set as he righted the ship after two trades of breaks, saving five break points to hold for 4-3, before breaking Medvedev a final time in the tenth game. It was Bonzi’s fourth career five-set win, and second consecutive win over Medvedev.
2021 US Open champion Medvedev drops to 15-11 on hard courts this season, and 1-4 at the majors.
Bonzi will face American Marcos Giron in the second round.
