Birds stop play but Medvedev flies into third round
An interruption from a pair of birds ruffles Daniil Medvedev's feathers but fails to disrupt the seventh seed as he eases into the US Open third round with a dominant victory over Sebastian Gorzny.
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"This is very bad."
— Daniil Medvedev , Athlete
"I saw [the birds] straight away."
— Daniil Medvedev , Athlete
"But it's okay. I was not happy with the decision but it is what it is."
— Daniil Medvedev , Athlete
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An interruption from a pair of birds ruffles Daniil Medvedev's feathers but fails to disrupt the seventh seed as he eases into the US Open third round with a dominant victory over Sebastian Gorzny.
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