NEW YORK: France’s Benjamin Bonzi sent Russian 13th seed Daniil Medvedev crashing out of the US Open early Monday in a stormy late-night thriller that boiled over into chaos following an extraordinary third-set flashpoint. 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 3hr 45min. The match exploded into drama in the third set as Bonzi served at advantage on match point, leading 5-4 after winning the opening two sets.

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

Benjamin Bonzi called for Russian to be disqualified as his first-round win was halted by six minutes when a photographer came onto court