This has been a tense day at the US Open. Mainly because of that one match between Daniil Medvedev and Benjamin Bonzi. Things seemed peaceful up until a photographer walked onto the court right when Medvedev was serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set, and everything spun out of control.

The chair umpire, Greg Allensworth, made a call to grant Bonzi another first serve after the interference. This resulted in Daniil Medvedev completely losing his cool with the umpire. All in all, the match was delayed by more than six minutes between serves, while the entire stadium echoed with the crowd’s boos.

Though the photographer in question is yet to be identified, we do know what fate befell him after the mishap. “Bounces can report, confirmed by USTA, that the photographer was escorted from the court by US Open security. His credential has been revoked for the 2025 US Open,” wrote journalist Ben Rothenberg on his official X handle.

Though the reason behind why he did what he did remains unknown, fans are working hard on theories, and surely there will be some news or a statement soon enough. In the meantime, Medvedev’s freak-out was for nothing. As, at the end, it was the cool head of the Frenchman Benjamin Bozi that prevailed.

Daniil Medvedev made it very difficult for his opponent

Daniil Medvedev definitely let his emotions get the better of him; there’s no doubt about that. And he certainly didn’t mince his words. “Are you a man? Why are you shaking? What’s wrong, huh? What’s wrong, huh? Guys, he wants to leave. He gets paid by the match, not by the hour,” he said, visibly furious. He also brought up an old issue between the same umpire and Reilly Opelka (Opelka had called the umpire an “idiot” at the Dallas Open), thereby instigating the entire crowd against the umpire, causing them to ‘boo’ resoundingly for a good five minutes, delaying the game even more than the cameraman did.

Some may remember that Medvedev got into a heated exchange with the umpire during his Wimbledon semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz last year. Medvedev seemed to curse the umpire, Eva Asderaki-Moore, after her call on an Alcaraz drop shot went against him. Medvedev’s reaction, however, resulted in him getting slapped with a code violation and unsportsmanlike conduct.

But while everything seemed to descend into chaos on Sunday, Benjamin Bonzi retained his calm, albeit with great difficulty. “Well, I never experienced something like that. I don’t know,” he confessed after the match. Maybe we wait maybe five minutes before the match point. Then it was it was so difficult to play, so noisy and all the time during the points between the points, and it was a very wild atmosphere, but I tried to stay calm, to stay in the match. But it was not easy.” And while he couldn’t serve out the match in the third set, he did go on to win the decider to book his match against American Mark Giron. Want to stay updated on his run in New York? Follow EssentiallySports’ live blog of the US Open.