NEW YORK – Daniil Medvedev was fined a complete of $42,500 from the US Open on Wednesday – greater than a 3rd of his $110,000 match prize cash was fined for his meltdown for a first-round loss after the photographer wandered onto the courtroom throughout the match.
Match umpire Jake Garner docked Medvedev and docked $30,000 for sportsman-like behaviour and one other $12,500 for racket abuse. When the match ended, Medvedev repeatedly pounded the racket in opposition to his sideline chair, destroying the gear.
Former No. 1 Medvedev, who received the championship with the Flushing Meadows in 2021, obtained mad on Sunday evening when referee Greg Allensworth determined to permit one other first serve after an odd interruption.
Boni was the profitable level when the photographer whose {qualifications} had been later revoked, started strolling alongside the courtroom at Louis Armstrong Stadium shortly after his incapacity, main 5-4.
Allensworth tells the photographer to get off the courtroom, then proclaims that Boni will get one other first serve because of the delay. Medvedev approached the officers to complain. That is when issues get wild. The group started booing and chanted, “Second serve!” General, play was postponed for greater than six minutes as Medvedev rilled followers and humiliated Allensworth.
“He desires to go house. Everybody. He does not need to be right here. He will get paid for video games, not time,” Medvedev cried out to the microphone behind the referee’s chair.
When the order was restored, Medvedev took the set – and the fourth too. Bonji in the end scored 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4.
It was Medvedev’s third consecutive Grand Slam loss within the first spherical, and a second consecutive Grand Slam loss to Boni after dropping to him at Wimbledon.
