Photographer Selcuk Acar calls himself the “victim” in the center of US Open tennis chaos, but I think he's clearly in the wrong!
August 27, 2025
The U.S. Open witnessed a moment of pure chaos on Sunday night when Daniil Medvedev erupted in fury after photographer Selcuk Acar stepped onto the tennis court mid-serve, sparking a seven-minute standoff that overshadowed Benjamin Bonzi’s first-round victory.
The man at the center of it all, freelance photojournalist Selcuk Acar, now finds himself without accreditation and at the heart of a…