It took a few extra hours, but Benjamin Bonzi pulled off the upset.

After nearly blowing a two-sets-to-love lead, which was highlighted by a photographer inadvertently interrupting play with Bonzi serving for the match in the third set, the Frenchman hung on in a dramatic fifth set.

Daniil Medvedev, the 13th seed and a former champion in Flushing, was facing a match point in his first-round contest against unseeded Bonzi when a photographer stepped onto the court, halting play.

“Wait, please, not now,” umpire Greg Allensworth shouted. “Get off the court, please.”

Then, Allensworth called: “First serve. Ladies and gentlemen, because of the delay caused by an onside interference, first serve has been granted.”

The decision drew the emotional Medvedev’s ire. 6

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