--- title: Fan Dips Chicken Into Soda at US Open Ignites the Internet description: A fan was spotted dipping chicken fingers into soda like it is a normal thing to do at the 2018 US Open and the internet is livid. canonical: https://time.com/5385913/chicken-finger-soda/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-04T14:15:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:39.318Z og:title: Move Over Federer. This Is the Real Upset at the U.S. Open og:description: A fan dipping chicken fingers into soda like it's normal igniting the internet og:url: https://time.com/5385913/chicken-finger-soda/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Move Over Federer. This Is the Real Upset at the U.S. Open twitter:description: A fan dipping chicken fingers into soda like it's normal igniting the internet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Move Over Roger Federer. This Move Is the Real Upset at the U.S. Open 2018 by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 4, 2018 2:15 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 4, 2018 2:15 PM UTC The [tennis](http://time.com/5040182/tennis-scoring-system-history/) world may be reeling over five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer’s unexpected loss to John Millman, ranked far below [Federer](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217613/roger-federer/) at number 55, but fans at Arthur Ashe stadium know the real upset took place before the match—someone was spotted dipping chicken fingers into soda. ESPN reportedly broadcast the abhorrent behavior during the Madison Keys-Dominika Cibulkova match-up at the Queens, N.Y. [tennis](http://time.com/5303313/tennis-agassi-federer-serena-williams/) championship on Monday afternoon and reporting the crime against chicken quickly overshadowed live commenting on the match on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/BarstoolHubbs/status/1036657784723566593) The woman’s preferred chicken tender pairing soon became the talk of social media, as she seemingly managed to gross out the entire internet with one dunk of deep-fried chicken. The offensive dipping picked up traction online as the shocking snack pairing went viral. Even trusted snack source @Faturday deemed it “mutant” behavior: > [](https://twitter.com/faturday/status/1036720345787629568) > [](https://twitter.com/FeinTennisFan93/status/1036657665018146821) > [](https://twitter.com/coachjoemott/status/1036658156984774657) > [](https://twitter.com/nletodd/status/1036658664940216325) > [](https://twitter.com/VictoriaW0328/status/1036657795259617281) > [](https://twitter.com/Pam%5FOrr/status/1036658642446110721) > [](https://twitter.com/McEnroeTweets/status/1036778096039522309) > [](https://twitter.com/corbydavidson/status/1036657882245328896) While this may be the first time Federer has ever lost to a player ranked outside of the top 50 at the U.S. Open, it’s also the first time that loss has been overshadowed by a chicken nugget. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5385913/chicken-finger-soda/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5385913/chicken-finger-soda/"},"headline":"Move Over Roger Federer. This Move Is the Real Upset at the U.S. Open 2018","datePublished":"2018-09-04T14:15:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:39.318Z","description":"A fan was spotted dipping chicken fingers into soda like it is a normal thing to do","url":"https://time.com/5385913/chicken-finger-soda/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food","food and drink","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5385913/chicken-finger-soda/","name":"Move Over Roger Federer. This Move Is the Real Upset at the U.S. Open 2018"}}]}] ```