Overview

• Benjamin Bonzi defeated Daniil Medvedev in the US Open first round 6-3, 7-5, 6-7, 0-6, 6-4 after roughly three hours and 45 minutes.
• With Bonzi holding match point at 5-4 in the third, chair umpire Greg Allensworth replayed the serve due to a photographer moving into a restricted area.
• Medvedev launched a prolonged on-court protest lasting about five to six minutes, confronted Allensworth, and invoked Reilly Opelka’s past criticism as he rallied the crowd.
• Play resumed with Bonzi missing that match point before Medvedev took the third-set tiebreak and the fourth 6-0, but the Frenchman held firm in the decider.
• Bonzi said the delay and noise made serving “impossible,” Medvedev smashed his racket after the handshake, and Il Fatto Quotidiano reported the photographer’s credential was revoked.