US Open: Players Call For Rule Change As Stefanos Tsitsipas Takes Long Bathroom Break

US Open: "Sometimes we need a short break to do what we have to do," said Stefanos Tsitsipas after the match.

Greek tennis player, Stefanos Tsitsipas took an eight-minute-long loo break during the US Open match against France’s Adrian Mannarino. Tsitsipas is being criticized and other tennis players are calling for a rule change. The greek was booed by the crowd after he returned on the turf. 

"I haven’t done anything wrong, so I don’t understand," Tsitsipas told reporters when asked about the crowd’s reaction. The Greek tennis star is known for taking long bathroom breaks. 

"The people love the sport; they come to watch tennis. I have nothing against them. I love the fans. But some people don’t understand. That’s all. They don’t understand. They haven’t played tennis at a high level to understand how much effort and how much difficult it is to do what we are doing. Sometimes we need a short break to do what we have to do," said Tsitsipas as quoted by Fox News.  

"When you’re playing a brutal match like that, you know, stopping for seven, eight minutes, you do cool down," said Tsitsipas. 

Players Ask For Rule Change 

"I think now that there is a lot of talk about it, people come into press, people tweet about it, maybe it will get a little bit more attention, that gamesmanship will kind of maybe turn and change a little bit," Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens said.