– You have to go to the toilet too. That is the rule, the judge told Ruud, according to VG. After Ruud had lost the first set in the match to Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut on a tiebreak, the Norwegian asked to use the toilet. But instead of doing away with it, the Norwegian used the time to change his underwear. The referee did not like that, who gave Ruud a warning, which Ruud was not happy about. Photo: Minas Panagiotakis / AFP – If I have to change underwear, what should I do, do it on the pitch? asked the Norwegian. – No, you do both. It’s called a bathroom break. The rule goes under the “bathroom break rule”, you can change your clothes, but you also have to go to the toilet, said the judge. – So I just have to pretend to pee? New rules Before the current season, the ATP, the men’s sports organisation, changed the rules for toilet visits. A player can only go to the bathroom once during the match. If a player wishes to change clothes during the match, this can only be done during a toilet break. The break must take place between sets and cannot last longer than three minutes. On Thursday, it took eleven minutes from the end of the first set to the start of the second. The rules were changed after tennis pro Stefanos Tsitsipas was criticized for frequent toilet visits during last year’s US Open. Among other things, the Greek was booed by the crowd when he returned from an eight-minute toilet break between the third and fourth sets in the second round. Several opponents also reacted to the breaks. – Today’s facts. It takes Stefanos Tsitsipas twice as long to go to the bathroom as it takes Jeff Bezos to fly into space. Interesting, wrote British tennis star Andy Murray, who was knocked out by Tsitipas in the first round of the tournament, on Twitter. Photo: HANNAH MCKAY / Reuters Hit back in second set After losing the first set, it was Ruud’s turn to decide in a tiebreak in the second set. It is thus 1-1 in sets in the match which has been temporarily stopped by the rain. Ruud made it to the 3rd round of the ATP 1000 tournament in Canadian Montreal after he knocked out Slovakian Alex Molcan on Wednesday. It was Ruud’s first match since the tournament victory in Switzerland in July. He was supposed to defend last year’s victory in Kitzbühel shortly afterwards, but had to withdraw due to a sore shoulder. – It feels good again now. It wasn’t the biggest injury. It was a little bit of pain that meant I didn’t want to risk this tournament, that it wouldn’t get worse, Ruud told NTB before the match. – It is a big tournament. I did well here last year and want to get a good start to the hardcourt season, so we chose to stand over Kitzbühel. There is no more drama in it.
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