Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 4:55 am Ben Rothenberg
‪@benrothenberg.bsky.social‬
Breaking:

Bounces can report, confirmed by USTA, that the photographer was escorted from the court by US Open security.

His credential has been revoked for the 2025 US Open.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 5:53 am I feel bad for him. He made a mistake. I'd hate to lose my job over one mistake.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 5:59 am But isn't that the modern culture? One strike and you are out?
Totally unfair. And, as if it had affected the outcome of the match.

Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 8:23 am Why was the crowd so anti Tauson? Sad about this result albeit of course Eala is pretty good and it was an unfavorable draw.

shmrck14 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 1:18 am

jazzyg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 24, 2025 9:17 pm Incredibly, Eala never faced a match point during her comeback. The crowd was roaring for Tauson double faults.

Tauson saved four match points with big, deep hitting before one final unforced error doomed her.

I really really hate the cheering of double faults and errors. It is such a turnoff, no matter who I'm rooting for. I was rooting for Eala and think the crowd negatively impacted Tauson. I know she should be able to take it, but it doesn't happen often, so players are not used to it.

FredX wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 1:57 pm I was at the Medvedev match. I've been to a lot of U.S. Open matches, but I've never experienced anything quite like that.

Full credit to Bonzi. The crowd was pro-Medvedev from the start - rowdy and disruptive through the first three sets, which Bonzi handled with incredible composure. And that was before the while incident, which was completely whipped up and inflamed by Medvedev, which the chair ump did very little to try to stop. It completely rattled and deflated Bonzi, he looked like he was about to burst into tears at any moment in the fourth.

For him to pull it together in the fifth was an incredible feat. Some of the crowd started to rally behind him, and it became a divided stadium. There was one guy - I assume French - who made it down to where Bonzi was towelling off and was talking quietly to him. Bonzi seemed like he was ignoring him, but after winning a tough game, he made eye contact with the guy and gave him a fist pump. He did the same after match point, and lobbed one of the autographed balls directly to him (which he got). Would love to know what he said to him.

Medvedev has completely unravelled mentally and emotionally, and was completely responsible for the whole nonsense with his whole Mussellini routine - I'm surprised Bonzi was civil to him at the net. He, of course, went on to demolish his racket and sit slumped in his chair, head down, during the on-court interview (which he then completely disrupted by walking off in the middle of it). I came in rooting for him, but after that despicable behavior, I'm done. Though looking at him slumped in his chair there, I couldn't help but feel bad for him. What a night.

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 2:25 pm

FredX wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 1:57 pm I was at the Medvedev match. I've been to a lot of U.S. Open matches, but I've never experienced anything quite like that.

Full credit to Bonzi. The crowd was pro-Medvedev from the start - rowdy and disruptive through the first three sets, which Bonzi handled with incredible composure. And that was before the while incident, which was completely whipped up and inflamed by Medvedev, which the chair ump did very little to try to stop. It completely rattled and deflated Bonzi, he looked like he was about to burst into tears at any moment in the fourth.

For him to pull it together in the fifth was an incredible feat. Some of the crowd started to rally behind him, and it became a divided stadium. There was one guy - I assume French - who made it down to where Bonzi was towelling off and was talking quietly to him. Bonzi seemed like he was ignoring him, but after winning a tough game, he made eye contact with the guy and gave him a fist pump. He did the same after match point, and lobbed one of the autographed balls directly to him (which he got). Would love to know what he said to him.

Medvedev has completely unravelled mentally and emotionally, and was completely responsible for the whole nonsense with his whole Mussellini routine - I'm surprised Bonzi was civil to him at the net. He, of course, went on to demolish his racket and sit slumped in his chair, head down, during the on-court interview (which he then completely disrupted by walking off in the middle of it). I came in rooting for him, but after that despicable behavior, I'm done. Though looking at him slumped in his chair there, I couldn't help but feel bad for him. What a night.

We left at the end of the first set (we had day session tickets and ran out of gas). I don't know if I'm glad or sad that we didn't stay.