Daniil Medvedev, formerly ATP No. 1, suffered a first-round loss at the U.S. Open as his form continued to decline. He faced match point against world No. 51 Benjamin Bonzi with Bonzi leading 6-3, 7-5, 5-4, advantage Bonzi, after Bonzi missed a first serve and prepared to hit a second. A photographer ran from the photo pit onto the court between serves, causing a brief delay while umpire Greg Allensworth ordered the photographer to retreat. Allensworth used his discretion to award Medvedev a fresh first serve opportunity, prompting Medvedev to berate the umpire loudly.
The score was 6-3, 7-5, 5-4, advantage Bonzi, who had just missed his first serve and was preparing to hit a second. In between serves, a photographer inexplicably emerged from the photo pit and scurried onto the court. (Presumably, he thought the match was already over.) Umpire Greg Allensworth used his microphone to tell the photographer to retreat. That noise, along with the actual act of the photographer running onto the court during live play, delayed the match for a few seconds.
Either Bonzi would have had to play through a bizarre interruption, or Medvedev would have had to face a "second" first serve. Either way, one player was going to find the umpire's ruling unpleasant; Allensworth picked the latter path. And when Daniil Medvedev finds something unpleasant, he makes it known to everyone in the vicinity. Medvedev thought it was too brief an interruption to warrant a fresh first serve, and he berated Allensworth at length.
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