Birds stop play but Medvedev flies into third round

Russia's Medvedev is no stranger to losing his composure on court, notably receiving a fine of almost £31,500 at last year's US Open for an extraordinary meltdown during his first-round defeat to Benjamin Bonzi.As recently as last month's Winston-Salem Open, where he again lost in the opening round, he spent a disconsolate change of ends questioning his future in the sport, musing "maybe I should start a career in pickleball".However, the 30-year-old, who had already flown through the first set in just 21 minutes, quickly brushed aside the avian interruption to complete a straightforward 6-1 6-3 7-5 win over American wildcard Gorzny, the world number 731."I saw [the birds] straight away," Medvedev said in his on-court interview. "I thought the point would stop straight away but it didn't."Then we play for 45 seconds and the moment I hit the winner we say stop. I'm like, 'Why? We played for 45 seconds!'."But it's okay. I was not happy with the decision but it is was it is. You can't do anything with it."The situation was pretty crazy but I love this court, I'm happy to win, to stay in the US Open, to stay in New York for longer."Medvedev will play Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in the third round.