ATP limits rest room breaks to 1 per match of 3-minute length for male gamers on tour

Players on the ATP and ladies’s WTA excursions have recurrently been accused of utilizing toilet breaks as tactical weapons at essential junctures in matches. Stefanos Tsitsipas was accused of dishonest at this 12 months’s US Open by Andy Murray for taking a number of rest room breaks (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSATP has restricted rest room breaks to 1 per match, lasting now not than 3 minutesPlayers will solely be permitted to take their rest room break on the finish of a setShould a participant spend too lengthy within the toilet he might be liable to time violationsStrict new tips on rest room breaks throughout matches have been despatched to gamers by the ATP after rising calls to make prolonged visits to the lavatory a factor of the previous.

The ATP tips, seen by Reuters, will restrict toilet breaks to 1 per match, lasting now not than three minutes from the time the participant enters the power.Players on the ATP and ladies’s WTA excursions have recurrently been accused of utilizing toilet breaks as tactical weapons at essential junctures in matches.Stefanos Tsitsipas was accused of dishonest at this 12 months’s U.S. Open by Andy Murray after the Greek disappeared off courtroom at varied instances throughout their marathon first-round match.The third seed had a prolonged rest room break on the finish of the second set, a medical time-out after the third and a close to eight-minute break on the conclusion of the fourth set.In his subsequent match, Tsitsipas went to the locker room for greater than seven minutes after dropping the third set, and was jeered by the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd on his return.Tsitsipas argued that he was not breaking any guidelines, which is why the ATP has determined to behave, though some might really feel the brand new tips nonetheless don’t go far sufficient.Although rest room breaks might be restricted to a few minutes, gamers may even be allowed two minutes to alter their clothes.Players might be restricted to 1 rest room break per match and they’ll solely be permitted on the finish of a set. Should a participant spend too lengthy within the toilet he might be liable to time violations.The ATP can also be new guidelines for medical timeouts by which gamers will solely be allowed one three-minute trip per match to be taken throughout a changeover or a set break solely.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.