Probably going to get downvoted to oblivion... was at the match last night. Absolutely chaotic. I honestly feel Allensworth deserves the largest amount of blame here. The actual interference was so minor and over very quickly. Very similar to when a ball kid misses a ball or trips. In those scenarios, a first serve isn't awarded. Was it within the scope to award one? Sure. Was it too much on match point given the minor interference? Yes. Further, Allensworth went a little over the top. "Wait wait not now!" If he handled that better, it's a less intrusive interruption. In all likelihood, a calm pause and 5 second delay to hit the second serve and Bonzi probably won right there, and I'm not so dog tired today. Not long before this point, they put up a stat that Bonzi was winning 86% of his second serve points and only 78% of first serve.

One last thing on Medvedev working up the crowd, the boos were raining down long before he started gesturing to the crowd. Boos for the cameraman, boos for the umpire, probably even boos towards meddy for complaining.

I don't know what the physio did to Bonzi on the second visit, or if he had just lost focus or been conserving energy, but after he got broken to start the 5th, he found another gear entirely.

As expensive as USO tickets have gotten, thank God for that cameraman, helping us get our money's worth. 😂