Thanks, Andy! 😁

 

I honestly don't care about ATP I always got mad when I saw Cheatcikova doing it

 

Krejcikova will be PISSED

 

Saisai about to retire

 

Great now can we tighten up the Medical rules

 

Toilet breaks should be only allowed after 1 hour of play. So only between set 2 and 3 or in a rare case of a set 1 extremely long more than 60 minutes.
Or when playing in excessive heat conditions where players have to drink more than usual. >30°C

 

That's just getting too complicated.

 

one does hope they have finally dealt with the abuse of this..

 

3mins isn't enough time for a nervous 💩

 

3 minutes would be needed to deal with the aftermath of a nervous 💩

 

So no more pre-match meals of curry vindaloo, Taco Bell, broccoli and cauliflower, deep fried chicken in crisco oil, poutine with extra gravy, sodium-heavy chow mein, sweet and sour pork, yogurt and kefir, prunes, black beans, and a full pot of coffee and metamucil?

 

So no more pre-match meals of curry vindaloo, Taco Bell,

BTW - From time to time I read comments about, hmm, digestive problems after eating at TB. What's all about? I'm asking because there's no TB in my country (chain started in the 90's but they quit due to low interest).

 

Let's hope it's true

 

What happens if you have a big poo.

 

Start squeezing while you're walking to the bathroom.

 

Honestly how effective will this really be? It doesn't stop toilet breaks at all, just slightly minimizes the time. If a change of clothes is allowed 5 minutes, not counting the time it takes to get to the facilities, the total time of a toilet break could easily be 7-10 minutes depending on where the bathrooms are. That's more than enough time for the break to still be used to mentally regroup or as a stalling tactic.

And how will this be implemented? Is there literally going to be an official standing outside the washroom with a stopwatch, notifying the players of their time remaining? "You've got a minute left, you should probably be wiping your ass at this point".

Perhaps at some point a player will be too close to running out of time and will have to make the unfortunate decision to avoid washing their hands.

 

Honestly how effective will this really be? It doesn't stop toilet breaks at all, just slightly minimizes the time. If a change of clothes is allowed 5 minutes, not counting the time it takes to get to the facilities, the total time of a toilet break could easily be 7-10 minutes depending on where the bathrooms are. That's more than enough time for the break to still be used to mentally regroup or as a stalling tactic.

And how will this be implemented? Is there literally going to be an official standing outside the washroom with a stopwatch, notifying the players of their time remaining? "You've got a minute left, you should probably be wiping your ass at this point".

Perhaps at some point a player will be too close to running out of time and will have to make the unfortunate decision to avoid washing their hands.

We don't have detail but the main goal will be to have a clear process. Right now it was only at the discretion of the chair umpire...

 

This could backfire when Krejcikova floods the court with diarrhoea.

 

Warning sent! Don't make Krejcikova angry.

 

No toilet breaks should be allowed.

 

Yeah, just pee on court like a true alpha woman…

 

Doesn't seem like it. Krejcikova has been off-court like 10 minutes after 2nd set.

 

Do you please know if she announced she was going to change clothes? If they are not enforcing the rule, I'll be mad! Let's call a boycott! xD

 

If it's enforced. In a men's match yesterday Aslan took one and was tieing up his shoelaces back at his chair with timer ticking down at 20 seconds.

Umprire reset the timer.

 

But what if a player has PMS again ?

 

If you're having an extra medical condition, make the tournament physician or someone in an official capacity aware. I guess it would be weird if a player has IBS or something and everyone wonders why they need a long bathroom break.



That said, Krejcikova has an uncanny need to use the bathroom after a grueling 2nd set in which she expels a lot of energy and comes back to win the third.

 

Im pretty sure the toilets need a break from tennis players too.

 

Wanted to look the exact WTA rule up, but the WTA being the WTA, they only link to their 2021 rulebook on their rules website even two weeks into the season.

WTA Rules | WTA Official

The official website of the Women's Tennis Association. Rankings, live scores and more!

www.wtatennis.com

Is the 2022 WTA rulebook available anywhere?

 

That would be cool as now we only have the umpire's words. I listened to another umpire (Marija) before the Muguruza vs Kasatkina match and the wording was different. If I understood it correctly: 3 minutes inside the toilet, reasonable time to go and reasonable time to come back. She said nothing about changing clothes. She added: 'you can only take one toilet break per match: at the end of a set or before you are serving'.

 

The ATP has this on their site. I'm not sure if it's the same, but I would think the WTA would have nearly identical rules (with maybe special exemptions for certain things only women deal with).

Toilet Breaks Medical Time Outs | ATP Tour | Tennis

ATP has announced new rules relating to toilet breaks, attire changes to come into effect from 2022, in addition to a proposed change to the Medical Time Out rule (start date TBC).

www.atptour.com

Toilet Break & Change of Attire (Effective 2022)

• Players can take a maximum of three minutes once they have entered the toilet
• Players will receive two minutes for a change of attire in addition to the three-minute toilet break
• Note: Change of attire may only be done in conjunction with a toilet break (unless authorised by the Chair Umpire)
• A player may only take one toilet break per match
• Toilet breaks can only be taken during a set break
• Time violations will apply if a player is not ready within the allowed time

Medical Time Out (Effective Date TBD)

• One three-minute time out per match to be taken during a changeover or a set break only.
• If the player cannot continue to the next change of ends, he will forfeit the points required to get to that change of ends/set break

 

The ATP has this on their site. I'm not sure if it's the same, but I would think the WTA would have nearly identical rules (with maybe special exemptions for certain things only women deal with).

Toilet Breaks Medical Time Outs | ATP Tour | Tennis

ATP has announced new rules relating to toilet breaks, attire changes to come into effect from 2022, in addition to a proposed change to the Medical Time Out rule (start date TBC).

www.atptour.com

Toilet Break & Change of Attire (Effective 2022)

• Players can take a maximum of three minutes once they have entered the toilet
• Players will receive two minutes for a change of attire in addition to the three-minute toilet break
• Note: Change of attire may only be done in conjunction with a toilet break (unless authorised by the Chair Umpire)
• A player may only take one toilet break per match
• Toilet breaks can only be taken during a set break
• Time violations will apply if a player is not ready within the allowed time

Medical Time Out (Effective Date TBD)

• One three-minute time out per match to be taken during a changeover or a set break only.
• If the player cannot continue to the next change of ends, he will forfeit the points required to get to that change of ends/set break

This was helpful, thank you! The only difference I'm noticing is that Marija the umpire told the players that the toilet break can be after a set or before the player's serve. This surprised me as that could be very distracting to the opponent even if she is not the one about to serve.
Regarding the change of attire, it's new they cannot do it on court anymore. That would explain this 😂


And great to see they have a rule for MTOs now!

 

What if someone is still sitting on the loo when the 3 minutes is up? What does the spy do then? Bang on the door?

 

Just have some bushes on the side. Many of us have done it in a pinch, and you know they'd be doing a number 1 or 2 based on the sound, so they couldn't fake it.

 

Interesting that they're allowing toilet breaks before serving now...I could see someone going for a little break to settle their nerves before serving to close out an important match.

Also wait, this means no more ATP player shirt changes on camera? This is an outrage...

 

Interesting that they're allowing toilet breaks before serving now...I could see someone going for a little break to settle their nerves before serving to close out an important match.

Yes, an umpire said it yesterday too that they can go to the toilet before their own serve. I don't think they'll do it though, unless they are named Yastremska or something

So at least in the AO the toilet break rule will be used as well, not only in the regular tour. I guess it will be used in the rest of the slams too then.

 

Toilet breaks should be only 2x per tournament too. Once is an emergency, twice is poor planning, thrice is gaming the system!

 

maybe you can apply for special exemption if you need to take longer, either in the toilet or changing clothes

 

And yet Beatriz Haddad Maia changed her top during a change of ends in the final set of her match against Katie Volynets (as did Feliciano Lopez last night against John Millman). I thought the new rule was that players MUST leave the court to do this? And I thought that women were banned from stripping off in public view after Cornet's infamous inside-out correction?

 

I don't know if the rules have change of that as there is nothing in the rulebook

For the Cornet incident, USO did apologized

U.S. Open officials said all players can change their shirts when sitting in the player chair, adding that women can also change their shirts in a private location near the court if it is available without being assessed a bathroom break.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/us-open-alize-cornet-shirt-rule-1.4803383

 

FINALLY someone got a time violation for this and it had to be Krejcikova, of course, and she had to say a nonsense excuse, of course: she broke her necklace Ryan en Twitter: "How dare they give Krejcikova a time violation, she broke her necklace!!! https://t.co/ocfZllFshK" / Twitter