Us Open controversial fine to Medvedev

Alcaraz's memory beating at the US Open

The Russian Daniil Medvedev He had no worse condemnation than the first round of the US Open at the hands of the French Benjamin Bonzi, which had already been his executioner on the same Wimbledon tie. The Moscow says goodbye to Grand Slam with four losses in five games.

One more sign of the deep crisis that affects the one who was champion of the US Open, in 2021, and world number one. And he remembered a good mess, against the referee mainly, closing his bad performance by hitting the racket against his bag.

Except for the sports KO, he went well. With Match Bola for Bonzi, a journalist entered after the first Frenchman has failed. Interrupted the game, the American referee Greg Allensworth He decided to give him a first one to Gaul.

He went crazy Medvedev. «You want to go home. He doesn't want to be here. They pay him for the game, not for hours, ”he shouted through the microphones of the atmosphere to get better for the public, which he ignited to boo the chair judge for almost seven minutes.

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It helped him not to lose in three sets, do it in five. It almost achieves a comeback inside a chaos that also affects its pocket. Although not so much compared to the prize received. The accustomed controversy that the bad track behavior is not being properly punished.

There were no warnings during the meeting, yes a penalty of $ 42,500, broken down into 30,000 for unsportsmanlike behavior and 12,500 for racket abuse. It is a respectable amount, but still the gain is $ 67,500 for the tennis player, which under normal conditions would have taken 110,000. And you can play so quiet the next tournament to decide.