Australian Open tennis: Denis Shapovalov fumes at umpire over denied toilet break
8 Feb, 2021 10:50 PM
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Australian Open tennis playerDenis Shapovalov isn't happy with the toilet break rule. Video / @WWOS
NZ Herald
Tennis star Denis Shapovalov got in a heated argument with an umpire at the Australian Open last night over a denied toilet break, claimed at one point he was about to wet his pants.
The Canadian beat 19-year-old Jannick Sinner 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in a 3-hour, 55-minute marathon that ended at 12:49 a.m. local time.
But he had an odd argument at the end of the fourth set with the chair umpire after being denied a medical time out to use the toilet.