Video shows second pee gate
Andy Murray is not allowed to use the toilet and is fuming
01/20/2023 8:34 p.m
At the Australian Open, the focus is on going to the toilet for the second time – or this time one that doesn’t happen. Andy Murray wants to do some business towards the end of his almost six-hour match, but he can’t and blasts his frustration at the referee.
It worked for Andy Murray in his insane win over Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open – just not in one sense. He wasn’t allowed to go to the toilet when he obviously had to. The referee denied him a second toilet break in the match, like including “CNN” reported. Even though the match lasted almost six hours, there was no mercy for him. Video recordings show the tennis star cursing violently – and thus at the second pee gate of the tournament after Novak Djokovic’s.
“You know what,” Murray snaps at the referee, “I respect the rules. It’s so disrespectful that the tournament has us out here until three, four damn in the morning and we can’t piss. It’s a joke, it is It’s a joke and you know it. It’s disrespectful to you, it’s disrespectful to the ball kids, it’s disrespectful to the players and we’re not allowed to use the bathroom. It’s ridiculous.”
The criticism expressed during the match already picks up on what Murray did again after the match. Namely his rejection of the seasons, which means that matches sometimes only end in the early morning. While the tournament boss Craig Tiley the time organization in the Australian media defended, Murray received encouragement from Boris Becker or Roddick, who scolded Murray’s pee on twitter wrote: “Right, that’s so stupid.”
Ultimately, the pee scolding will only remain a side note – especially given Murray’s athletic performance in his 4: 6, 6: 7 (4), 7: 6 (5), 6: 3, 7: 5 victory in the duel with the Australian Kokkinakis. The match lasted almost six hours and the 35-year-old played it with his metal hip, which he was only fitted with a few years ago.
Murray’s on-court swearing wasn’t the first time that toilet visits came into focus during this year’s Australian Open. After tennis star Novak Djokovic had gone to the toilet in the first set in his opening win, there were initially allegations that this was illegal. But Djokovic defended himself against this accusation.
For Murray, too, there was at least a minimally conciliatory ending. The referee listened to his words and nodded in understanding.