India, Aug. 25 -- Daniil Medvedev is no stranger to breaking racquets on court. Neither are his theatrics a rare sight. But in those few minutes he spent in the Louis Armstrong Stadium after a loss, the tall Russian had a meltdown not quite seen before.

Normally, a player would quickly pack up the bags and leave court immediately after a loss - sometimes a few racquets are destroyed along the way. That's what protocol would have dictated late on Sunday night in New York as well, as 13th seed Medvedev lost 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(5), 0-6, 6-4 to France's Benjamin Bonzi in the first round of the US Open.

But the 29-year-old remained seated on his bench. He handed six racquets from his bag to the spectators. The one that he had used minutes earlier ...