Medvedev and his craziest idea: "It would be good to end my career with a match like this in the US Open"

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The spectacle of Daniil Medvedev at this US Open 2025 moved from the court to the press conference, where the Russian still had time to stir things up. It wasn't with the photographer that he took out his frustration, as that part falls on the chair umpire and a bit on his victor, Benjamin Bonzi. What is clear is that the former world number 1 has been lost on the circuit for a while now, disoriented in those moments of truth where he used to always come through. Unfortunately, now he is just attracting attention. We heard him bid farewell to New York.

The photographer's mess

“I wasn't upset with the photographer, it's nothing special. The thing is, every time there's a noise during the big events, especially between serves, then there's never a second serve. But well, in the end, that helped me get back into the match; it was a fun moment. I wasn't upset with the photographer, not at all; I was upset with the decision.”

Chaos at the end of the third set

“Of course, it's disappointing, but he had match point on his serve, which he hadn't managed to break once until then. I thought he was defeated, that he had the second serve, as neither the chair umpire nor the player said anything. I thought he would hit the second serve, win the point, and the match would be over until the chair umpire indicated it was a first serve. I had thoughts of making it worse, but I can't because there are rules and we're on a tennis court. I just expressed my emotions, my discontent with the decision; then the crowd did what they did without me asking too much, it was fun to witness. Honestly, while all this was happening, I thought it might be fun to end my career with a match at the US Open […] "My career isn't over yet, not yet, but when you're nearing the end of your sports career, you never know where you want to end it. Today, I just thought this could be a good place to do it.”

The unruly crowd

“At one point, I asked them to stop, to be silent, but they didn't listen to me. I thought maybe it would be better to control them to stop, but they didn't want to stop, so there's nothing more you can do. At that moment, I realized they had been shouting for six minutes already, until finally a moment of calm arrived that allowed us to compete again. Suddenly, a guy whistled again from the stands, and the serve stopped once more. In the end, this is not my problem.”

A Grand Slam victory this season

“I'm playing poorly in crucial moments, even worse. I'm doing everything wrong, the serve, the return, the volley, you name it. I just need to play better, so I'll try to do that next year.”

Expecting the tournament's fine

“I have no idea how much the punishment will be; the crowd liked it much more than others did, so we'll see. Today, I didn't do anything wrong; I hope he gets fined too because today he received a lot of coaching, to the point that you no longer know if it's allowed or not. In the end, the same ones are always penalized: Kyrgios, Bublik, myself… even Opelka, who despite being a good chap, gets fined because they don't like him.”

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Medvedev y su idea más loca: “Sería bueno terminar mi carrera con un partido así en el US Open”