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Photographer Behind Medvedev's Meltdown at US Open Sanctioned

Photographer Behind Medvedev's Meltdown at US Open Sanctioned
le 25/08/2025 à 13h48

It was a rather unusual scene witnessed by spectators at Louis Armstrong Stadium on the first day of the US Open.

Indeed, during the final match scheduled on that court between Medvedev and Bonzi, a photographer entered the court while the match was still ongoing. A surreal scene that forced the chair umpire to award two service balls to the French player at 2-0, 5-4. While this decision seemed logical to Greg Allensworth (the chair umpire), it was far less so for the Russian, who completely lost it from that point onward.

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Medvedev then berated the latter, uttering very harsh words in his direction. He didn't stop there, as he went on to harangue the crowd and make extremely inappropriate gestures toward his opponent afterward.

While many fans and observers called for sanctions against the former world number one, others argued that the photographer’s behavior should also be penalized.

A strong decision, which didn’t take long to be implemented, as journalist Ben Rothenberg reported that the tournament organization escorted the individual in question off the court before revoking his accreditation for the 2025 edition.

It remains to be seen what will happen to Medvedev, who is no stranger to such outbursts.

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96e, 667 points
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Tennis007
I hope that one of the US Open journalists reads this and follows up on the chair Umpire, Greg, and makes it the actual story. Greg really is poor Umpire and he should be persecuted by the media. He deserves it.

Greg A. Makes too many mistakes. The journalists should create stories about his poor performance, so that the ATP actually finally does something about The AWFUL GREG ALLEN'SWORTH
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Andy S
One of the worst chair umpires
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Tennis007
This is not news. Of course he was going to unceremoniously ushered out of the Open, and i completely agree with this.

The real question that the media should focus on is whether the chair Umpire should also be cut out of the tournament. That is the news. But i guess the stupid journalists who would rather criticise Novak choosing to not get vaccinated and the cheater and doper from Italy, Sinner, taking banned substances, THEY would never focus on the real story.
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I don't think Medvedev is at fault. Any player in that situation would have reacted in a similar way.

Not sure about the rule on awarding the first serve to Bonzi. IMHO, it should not be done.

If the photographer is found guilty, he should be banned for life from entering in any atp tournaments

I guess the umpire was poor in managing the whole situation.
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