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Andy Murray today raged at an umpire and said it was ‘so disrespectful’ that he was not allowed to go to the toilet during his Australian Open match – despite the game going on for nearly six hours.
The internatwional competition descended into a farce, with the British tennis player also facing heckling from rowdy tennis fans during his match against Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis today.
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Murray was furious that the match – the longest the Briton has ever played in his career at 5 hours and 45 minutes – entered the early hours of the morning in Melbourne, with the star finally beating Kokkinakis at 4.08 am local time.
‘It’s a joke,’ Murray added, as the umpire nodded. ‘It is a joke and you know it as well. It’s disrespectful. It’s disrespectful to you, it’s disrespectful to the ball children, it’s disrespectful to the players. And we’re not allowed to go to the toilet. Ridiculous.’
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It comes after Novak Djokovic ignored the rules during his match against Roberto Caballes Baena and went to the toilet.
Meanwhile, Australian tennis fans roared whenever Murray lost a point in an attempt to distract the Briton during the match, which started at 10pm local time.
But Murray was left unfazed, and won an extraordinary rally where he defended four smashes, with the British player taunting the crowd by raising raising his hand to his ears as he shouted ‘What?’ – while Kokkinakis smashed his racquet to the ground in anger.
Just in:Andy Murray rages at umpire during his ..
Andy Murray today raged at an umpire and said it was ‘so disrespectful’ that he was not allowed to go to the toilet during his Australian Open match – despite the game going on for nearly six hours.
The internatwional competition descended into a farce, with the British tennis player also facing heckling from rowdy tennis fans during his match against Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis today.
Just in:Andy Murray rages at umpire during his ..
Murray was furious that the match – the longest the Briton has ever played in his career at 5 hours and 45 minutes – entered the early hours of the morning in Melbourne, with the star finally beating Kokkinakis at 4.08 am local time.
‘It’s a joke,’ Murray added, as the umpire nodded. ‘It is a joke and you know it as well. It’s disrespectful. It’s disrespectful to you, it’s disrespectful to the ball children, it’s disrespectful to the players. And we’re not allowed to go to the toilet. Ridiculous.’
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It comes after Novak Djokovic ignored the rules during his match against Roberto Caballes Baena and went to the toilet.
Meanwhile, Australian tennis fans roared whenever Murray lost a point in an attempt to distract the Briton during the match, which started at 10pm local time.
But Murray was left unfazed, and won an extraordinary rally where he defended four smashes, with the British player taunting the crowd by raising raising his hand to his ears as he shouted ‘What?’ – while Kokkinakis smashed his racquet to the ground in anger.
