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NextImg:US Open fan caught by security grabbing Jannik Sinner’s bag in another bizarre moment

It is another edition of U.S. Open fans gone wild — at least, this time, there were no kids involved.

As Jannik Sinner was celebrating after his dominant win over Alexander Bublik on Monday night, a fan appeared to reach for the zipper on the top seed’s bag before security intervened.

It is unclear what the fan had in mind — and he put his hands up quickly in a backing-off motion as soon as security reached for him.

It comes less than a week after Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek snatched a hat away from a young fan after Kamil Majchrzak’s win over Karen Khachanov on Thursday.

Szczerek was identified after the initial outcry and put through the public ringer until he apologized on his company’s Instagram account on Monday.

A fan reaches for Jannik Sinner’s bag at the US Open on Sept. 1, 2025. @alexiuss11/X
Security stops the fan from reaching for Jannik Sinner’s bag. @alexiuss11/X

“I would like to unequivocally apologize to the boy who was harmed, his family, as well as all the fans and the player himself,” Szczerek wrote on Instagram. “I made a serious mistake. In the emotions, in the crowd’s joy after the victory, I was convinced that the tennis player was handing the cap in my direction — for my sons, who had earlier asked for autograph. It is a painful but necessary lesson in humility for me.”

This new fan may be lucky that he was not allowed to complete whatever he was planning, as much like Szczerek’s act, it was caught on video — and is quickly gaining steam on social media.

Footage was tweeted out by popular account @Olly_Tennis_, which has over 50,000 followers.

Jannik Sinner easily defeated Alexander Bublik on Sept. 1, 2025. Mike Frey-Imagn Images

“This guy tried to steal something from Sinner’s bag,” the message with the video read.

“It’s surely making the rounds on the Web, make this act as viral as possible, plus he had even given him the towel … and caught on camera too. Imbecile,” one fan wrote on X.

“That’s disgraceful. I’m glad the security did their job but this fan or any fan that’s not a kid shouldn’t be getting within arms length of Sinner here in my opinion,” tennis writer Pavvy G wrote.

Jannik Sinner and Alexander Bublik after the match. Mike Frey-Imagn Images

The interaction with the fan was the only bit of drama Sinner faced on Monday as he dominated Bublik, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, to reach the quarterfinals in his U.S. Open title defense.

Sinner will face fellow Italian and No. 10 seed Lorenzo Musetti on Wednesday.