Stefanos Tsitsipas used his bathroom break when nature called at the U.S. Open on Monday but opponent Andy Murray fumed about the lengthy disruption as his hopes of scoring an opening round upset went down the toilet.
Murray said he had been warned by his team to be prepared for disruptions such as a bathroom break or medical timeout if his third-seeded opponent saw the match slipping away.
What upset Murray more than the timing was the length of a bathroom break which ran close to eight minutes, taking away any momentum the Scotsman had been building. "When you're playing a brutal match like that, you know, stopping for seven, eight minutes, you do cool down," said Murray. "It can't be coincidence that it's happening at those moments.
"I don't think I broke any rules," he said. "I'm playing by the rules and sticking to what the ATP says is fair, then the rest is fine.
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