Bonzi had a match point on his serve in the third set while facing the world No. 1 last Sunday, but he missed his first serve. As he prepared to hit his second serve, a photographer ran onto the court.<\/p>\n
Chair umpire Greg Allensworth awarded him a first serve because of the interruption, and Medvedev stormed to his chair to argue. \u201cWhat did Reilly Opelka say?\u201d he screamed, referring to when Opelka branded Allensworth the \u201cworst ref\u201d on tour and asked for him to be sidelined for a few weeks.<\/p>\n
Bonzi went on to win 6-3 7-5 6-7 0-6 6-4 and Medvedev obliterated his racket, smashing it against his bench. He was later fined a total of \u00a331k<\/a> for unsportsmanlike conduct and racket abuse.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a tough Grand Slam season for Medvedev, who has not gone beyond the second round of any Major tournament, and also lost in the opening round at Wimbledon<\/a>. The Russian has since parted ways with Cervara, his coach of almost a decade.<\/p>\n Fellow Russian tennis star Rublev, who has known Medvedev since they were children, has now confirmed that he reached out to the world No. 13, but explained that you couldn\u2019t help someone if they weren\u2019t \u201casking\u201d for it.<\/p>\n \u201cI wrote him a message of support, he replied to me, and it\u2019s something very personal, something that you cannot push, put pressure on the guy or push the guy,\u201d Rublev told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you want to help, normally, they ask for help. If no one is asking for help, then it\u2019s not help. It means that I\u2019m lying myself and I want to be like a good guy, too good or too smart, so it\u2019s not about helping if you\u2019re trying to get inside someone\u2019s life with your advice, this is not the right thing to do.<\/p>\n \u201cSo that\u2019s it, I supported him with my message, he replied, \u2018Thank you so much, good luck to you\u2019 in a nice way, so everything is good. I hope he will take some rest, recover, and he will be ready for the China swing.\u201d<\/p>\n If anyone can relate to Medvedev, it\u2019s Rublev. The world No. 15 has had his share of struggles on the court. He often used to hit himself with his racket while frustrated, and was even defaulted from the 2024 Dubai Championships after screaming in a line judge\u2019s face.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old has been open about his mental struggles<\/a> and his battle with depression. Earlier this year, he explained: \u201cI was just kind of in a loop, lost with myself for a couple of years of, I don’t know, not finding the way, not understanding what to do, what for.\u201d<\/p>\n Rublev has also credited former world No. 1 and two-time Major winner Marat Safin with helping him during a low point. Safin is now part of Rublev\u2019s coaching team<\/a> and has been in his box at the US Open this fortnight.<\/p>\n To be the first to receive the latest tennis news, join our WhatsApp community<\/a> or newsletter<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bonzi had a match point on his serve in the third set while facing the world No. 1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[39569,27106,79,1068,5838,16,15,5067],"class_list":{"0":"post-390524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-andrey-rublev","9":"tag-daniil-medvedev","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-tennis-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-us-open"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115131808737112178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}