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Bonzi stuns Medvedev in US Open thriller after umpire clash sparks chaos

by Jewel Bacani, Lawin News August 26, 2025
written by Jewel Bacani, Lawin News August 26, 2025
Franceís Benjamin Bonzi celebrates after winning his men’s singles first round tennis match against Russia’s Daniil Medvedev on day one of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 24, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
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France’s Benjamin Bonzi stunned 13th seed Daniil Medvedev in a dramatic five-set battle at the US Open late Monday night in New York, advancing to the second round after a match marred by a controversial umpire decision and heated exchanges.

Benjamin Bonzi pulled off one of the early shocks of the US Open, ousting former champion and 13th seed Daniil Medvedev in a roller-coaster five-set duel that stretched nearly four hours. The Frenchman prevailed 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4 in a tense encounter that saw momentum swing dramatically after a controversial third-set interruption.

The drama reached boiling point late in the third set when Bonzi, serving on match point at 5-4, was interrupted after a photographer accidentally walked onto the court. Chair umpire Greg Allensworth ruled the intrusion as “outside interference,” allowing Bonzi a fresh first serve. The decision infuriated Medvedev, who stormed across the court to confront the umpire, accusing him of trying to finish the match early.

“Are you a man? Are you a man?” Medvedev shouted, before telling the crowd that the umpire “wants to go home” and “gets paid by the match, not by the hour.” The Russian then roused the audience into a frenzy of boos and jeers, causing a six-minute delay before play resumed.

The delay rattled Bonzi, who squandered match point and lost the set in a tie-break, then collapsed 0-6 in the fourth as Medvedev roared back. But the Frenchman regained his composure in the decider, twice breaking back before finally sealing the match with a crucial break of Medvedev’s serve.

“It was crazy. I may have got some new fans but also some new non-fans,” Bonzi said, thanking even the booing spectators for fueling his energy in the fifth set. He admitted the third-set incident shook him: “I never experienced something like that. Maybe we wait five minutes before the match point and it was so difficult to play,”

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