We have ourselves a controversy of sorts brewing at the U.S. Open and in tennis in general.
And it has to do with bathroom breaks. Seriously!
Let’s break it down: Andy Murray lost to No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday, a match that lasted nearly FIVE hours.
It was in the middle of the match that Tsitsipas took a bathroom break, which is within the rules. But it was the length of that break — around eight minutes — that had Murray fuming and complaining to officials. He then ranted about Tsitsipas after the loss … but it’s not the first time a player has done so about the Greek star, with talk that he might be taking well-timed breaks to mess with opponents’ rhythms.
What’s more, Murray threw some more shade at him on Twitter Tuesday morning. Let’s break it all down: