They say tennis needs villains .

(It also, apparently, needs a $32 Cdn signature cocktail , but that's a thread for later on.)

Tennis, a sport of etiquette and tradition, is also known for the occasional player who brings the drama . The spice. The public meltdowns, the confrontational behaviour, the racket-smashing, crowd-dividing, "what just happened?" moments of mayhem in between rounds of smacking a ball back and forth.

On Sunday at the U.S. Open, Russia's Daniil Medvedev arguably nailed the role. And the scene in the crowd, perhaps aided by a few "honey deuce" cocktails, was pure chaos.

Full video of the Medvedev-Bonzi-umpire-photographer drama that COMPLETELY changed the match. <br><br>Gotta feel for… Benjamin. Had to stand for 6 minutes before serving on match point

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