Daniil Medvedev irate as bird sits on net during US Open rally in wild scene

Daniil Medvedev found himself in another bizarre scene at the U.S.Open, but this time, his racket remained intact.A pair of birds landed on the net and interrupted his second-round match Wednesday against American Sebastian Gorzny, leaving the 2021 champ — and No.

7 seed — frustrated over needing to replay a point during the second set.It only resulted in a brief pause for the replay of the point in Medvedev’s 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 win and added another chapter to Medvedev’s U.S.

Open history outside of the actual results.“I saw them straight away and thought the point would stop straight away,” Medvedev said following his match.“The moment I hit the winner ⁠we stop and I say why?”Medvedev joked that this was in the “top five” of his bizarre U.S.

Open incidents.Last year, during his first-round match that ultimately ended with an early exit, Medvedev lost it on the chair umpire after a photographer entered the playing area with Benjamin Bonzi serving for the match.

Medvedev urged the crowd to boo Greg Allensworth, and he ended up smashing his racket after falling.This time, the birds produced just a brief interruption en route to Medvedev cruising into the third round.He used 14 aces to overpower Gorzny and never trailed by more than one game.I think was quite good, good level,” Medvedev said.

“He raised his level in the third, so I’m happy that I managed, you know, to keep fighting, to stay tough.”...