NEW YORK – Former champion Daniil Medvedev was fined a complete of $42,500 by the US Open on Wednesday for his spectacular meltdown throughout a loss to Benjamin Bonzi at the beginning of the week.
Medvedev misplaced 6-3 7-5 6-7(5) 0-6 6-4 on Sunday but it surely was his conduct within the third set that dominated the headlines, when the 2021 champion launched a tirade in opposition to the umpire and whipped up jeering followers who stopped his opponent from serving.
The thirteenth seed was dealing with match level and a straight-sets loss when a photographer entered the Louis Armstrong Stadium courtroom simply as Frenchman Bonzi misfired his first serve.
The official then allowed Bonzi one other first serve due to the unauthorised incursion, sparking wild scenes as Medvedev raged on the official.
Medvedev smashed his racket after the match concluded, prompting six-times Grand Slam champion Boris Becker to say that the Russian wanted to hunt skilled assist within the wake of his “public meltdown”.
Whereas Medvedev collected $110,000 for his first-round look, he coughed up fines of $30,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and $12,500 for abusing his racket, the U.S. Open stated in a doc itemizing on-site offenses.
—Reuters
