Another day at the US Open , another volley of shots sent fizzing back and forth across the net, all exchanged without a ball being struck.

Flushing Meadows has become the site of flushed cheeks during the final grand slam tournament of the year, with a confrontation over grunting on Saturday serving up the latest evidence of emotions running hot in New York.

Spain’s Jaume Munar had just stamped his ticket to the fourth round with a straight-sets victory over Zizou Bergs when he approached his Belgian opponent to ask if he had been shouting “on purpose” while striking the ball.

Shaking his head in rebuttal, Bergs said the Spaniard did not need to “talk trash”. Munar responded by referencing when his opponent hit a ball into the stands during the third set, with Bergs subsequently pe

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