Andrey Rublev has offered his support to close friend Daniil Medvedev after the former US Open champion had an extraordinary meltdown during his first-round defeat at Flushing Meadows.
Medvedev, who has now lost in the first round of three of the four grand slams this year, was down match point in the third set of his encounter with Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi when a photographer interrupted play by walking on court.