mo4ch:> Russia’s Medvedev fined after ball-boy antics, middle-finger gesture in fiesty US Open 3rd-round win | Mo4ch News

Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev has been slapped with a $9,000 fine for his behavior during his fractious US Open third-round match against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez.Medvedev, 23, clashed with the New York crowd during the match and gave a memorable interview afterwards in which he defiantly thanked jeering fans for giving him “the energy to win.”Also on rt.comRussia’s Medvedev trolls jeering US Open crowd after middle-finger gesture during 3rd-round winThe Russian fifth seed was handed a code violation by umpire Damien Dumusois when he snatched a towel out of the hand of a ball boy and tossed it away.He then threw his racket into the center of the court and made a middle-finger gesture toward the crowd, causing widespread booing when it was picked up on replays shown on the big screen at Louis Armstrong Stadium.Dumusois said during the match that he could not issue further sanction as he had not seen the issue first time round, and had only viewed it on the replay.Organizers have n…