The 2025 U.S. Open Has Been Marred By Awkward Moments And Bad Behavior

Medvedev continued to stoke the crowd’s boos, causing a six-minute delay. After six minutes, Bonzi decided to go ahead and serve through the noise and ended up faulting on his serve. That would have been a double-fault and a point for Medvedev had the judge not awarded Bonzi his first serve back. The French star’s second serve was in, and Medvedev staved off elimination. The Russian fought back to win the third set and swept the fourth set 6-0. Bonzi, however, proved to be too much for the Russian in the deciding fifth set, winning 6-4 and taking the match.

Medvedev’s behavior did not end there. After the match, when Bonzi was about to be interviewed on court, the Russian star caused a giant commotion by smashing his racket to pieces in frustration. When finally interviewed, Bonzi was asked how he summed up the match. He responded, “I have no idea…it was crazy.”

Corentin Moutet Has A Fan Ejected

On Monday, Aussie Jordan Thompson squared off against Frenchman Corentin Moutet. Thompson got the better of Moutet early, winning the first set 6-2. At the set break, Moutet got into it with a fan who had been razzing him. The French star then complained to a courtside official, who warned the Thompson fan. After the Moutet went up 3-2 in the second set, he had had enough of the fan. He complained again to the official, and the fan was thrown out. Moutet would lose the set, and Thompson went on to win the match in four sets.

Jelena Ostapenko Makes Classless Attack On Opponent

Jelena Ostapenko has a history of poor behavior. Though she didn’t throw a racket at a ballboy this time, the Latvian star did not take her loss well on Wednesday. Ostapenko fell in straight sets to American Taylor Townsend in the second round. As the two met at the net for a handshake, Ostapenko got upset and soon launched into a diatribe. The Latvian told Townsend that she was classless and uneducated. Townsend responded that Ostapenko needed to “learn to take a loss better.” Townsend broke off the argument and walked away.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Is Involved In Drama Twice

Stefanos Tsitsipas made headlines twice this week; neither time was it for his play on the court. The Greek star faced German Daniel Altmaier in second-round action. In the fourth set, Tsitsipas received a coaching violation when his coach, who happens to be his father, was caught yelling instructions to him on the court multiple times. Tsitsipas went on to lose a five-set shocker 7-6(5), 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in a grueling four-hour 26-minute match.

During that fourth set, Tsitsipas was not happy when Altmaier employed an underhand serve during his comeback. After the match, Tsitsipas was not willing to let that go. As they met at the net, the Greek star could be heard saying, “Next time, don’t wonder why I hit you, okay? I’m just saying if you serve underarm…” He continued to harp on the controversial (but legal) serve, but Altmaier just walked away.

End Of My U.S. Open Rant

Watching the U.S. Open this year has been like watching a bad reality TV show. It has had “Karens” and “Kevins” acting like spoiled children and sore losers, insults, people getting kicked out of public places, underhanded ploys, tantrums, and even a tinge of racism. Tennis used to have a little more decorum. Now, people on X (Twitter) are saying it is one step away from becoming the WWE. It is a competition. People are going to win, and people are going to lose. Grow up and take both in stride. WTA and ATP players need to act like they have been there before.

I am old enough to remember when only John McEnroe threw a big tantrum when something didn’t go his way. Now it seems to be happening multiple times in each tournament. The 2025 U.S. Open still has more than a week to go, and it already has more drama than a season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and more beef than an episode of WWE SmackDown. If the sport wants to continue to be taken seriously, tennis needs to clean up its act. Otherwise, the only people who will be left watching it will be the same people who watch NASCAR. Leave the acting out for the Real Housewives.