Rome, Aug. 28 (LaPresse) – Daniil Medvedev has been fined $42,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct and racket abuse following his outburst during the US Open on Sunday. The fine amounts to nearly 40% of the $110,000 in prize money he earned for appearing in the first round of the Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows. The 29-year-old was fined $30,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and $12,500 for racket abuse. During the Russian’s first-round loss to Benjamin Bonzi in New York, the Frenchman was serving for the match when, as he prepared to deliver his second serve, a photographer entered the court. The interruption led chair umpire Greg Allensworth to allow Bonzi to replay his first serve, triggering Medvedev’s anger.
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