Daniil Medvedev exits US Open after photographer incident on match point | Tennis News

Ex-US Open champ suffers meltdown in a third-set flashpoint after an errant photographer’s action caused a point replay.

France’s Benjamin Bonzi sent 13th seed Daniil Medvedev crashing out of the US Open in a stormy late-night thriller that boiled over into chaos following an extraordinary third-set meltdown by the Russian.

Bonzi advanced to the second round after holding his nerve to win 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 0-6, 6-4 in three hours and 45 minutes on Sunday night at Flushing Meadows in New…