CNN
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When nature calls, sometimes you just have to answer.
During my third round match French OpenAustralian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis He was shocked after the umpire apparently denied him a toilet break.
After losing the second set, Kokkinakis – who had taken a toilet break after the first set – approached chair umpire Katarzyna Radwan-cho.
“I’m just saying try and p*ss,” he told her. “Now you’re telling me I have 50 seconds. Can you be realistic and give me something decent for once?
“F**king sh*t, we get two for a match,” he added, referring to the toilet breaks allowed in the five-seater. “Do you want me to appear in court?
“Is that what you want?”
Kokkinakis eventually lost in four sets to Russia’s Karen Khachanov, who overcame a 4–1 deficit in a fourth-set tiebreak to close out the match and advance to the fourth round.
Former British player Laura Robson, who now works as a pundit for Eurosport, explained why Kokkinakis might have had trouble getting to the bathroom and back in time.
“You have to sprint, but the problem continues [court] The Simonne-Mathieu bathrooms are not as close as they are on Chatrier and Lenglen.
“You can see his frustration because he’s trying to get there as soon as possible, but it’s just not going to happen physically … but at least it didn’t happen on the court.”