Usually, bathroom breaks are only permitted between sets.
Khachanov protested to the chair umpire as three minutes passed between games at a point in the match that was not a changeover when players change ends.
Gea said the umpire allowed him the break because of “medical circumstances” and that he was given some medicine to settle his stomach pain.
After the match, Gea said he had not felt ill the night before but started feeling unwell when he woke up in the morning.
“During the match it was even worse,” he said. “I had to go to the toilet really quick.”
His situation was not helped by the intense heat at Roland Garros with lunchtime temperatures hitting 31 degrees Celsius (88 Fahrenheit).
“It was harder than usual, because I was ill,” he said.
https://apnews.com/article/arthur-gea-bathroom-break-french-open-3c031bafb4dd161fb074ccadb091e6d1
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Honestly if a guy has to emergency shit in 31°C heat, let him go 😂 This isn’t like a fake momentum pause or a MTO for “tightness,” that’s survival mode.
The tour already pushed their luck with the Tsitsipas drama, they don’t need a dude literally pooping his pants on Chatrier to prove a point.
If I’m at that point, I’m not asking!
Having to announce your diarrhea to strangers is a bummer.
Bubble guts is the fucking worst. You get that first cramp like something is cinching your insides and then your booty cheeks start sweating. Happened to me over the weekend 5 minutes before a deep tissue massage appointment 😭
Bro better take some immodium stat
This sounds like so many of my nightmares.
„For medical reasons?“
No, for fun! smfh
Poor dude! I have Crohn’s and know that when you gotta go, YOU GOTTA GO! And I bet all that moving around in the heat for his match was making him feel even worse!
The way people move at a glacial pace when you say you are about to shit yourself is astonishing
Valid. As someone with IBS, I’ve also felt the need to go at the worst times possible.
After a weekend with norovirus I’m right there with ya brother
this is so embarrassing lol poor guy
This literally is a medical emergency or at least something they should take serious imo, like it would be a health hazard if he just had diarrhea right there on the court. He could actually be sick
relatable
Let them go to the bloody bathroom 😭 I have IBS and I sympathise with this man so hard. When you’ve gotta go there’s no holding it back
This would be humiliating and those so called professionals should be ashamed of themselves. It’s quite frankly pathetic.
God at that point I’d be saying FUCK YOU ALL and running to the bathroom. Grown ass adult should not have to ask permission to go to the bathroom because of a stupid game. Poor chap.
Damn, what did he eat? Also, what is their problem? Just let him go. What the hell?
Oh I’ve been there. I get runners cramps which result in needing to shit IMMEDIATELY. Really makes playing sports so exciting.
For god fucking sake let the man take a shit
“I’m gonna shit on the fuckin court.”
“Is it for a medical reason? Do we know anything about that?”
No, but you’re about to find out.
Good for him! We as a society need to stop shaming each other for our bodily functions.
Is it medical? No, but it can become a biohazard on the court.
As someone who has stomach issues, I don’t feel embarrassment for him at all.
So frustrating for him to have to go through this. I get anxious just thinking about being in his situation.
It’s absolutely appalling that they did not allow him to go to the bathroom. I don’t care what kind of fucking competition it was. That’s inhumane fuck tennis.
“Im going to shit on the court”
“Is this for medical reasons?”
Dude does it matter lol
What, are they afraid he’s going to look at his notes while in the bathroom so that he may cheat?
as someone who just spent the last 5 days getting over gastroenteritis, let that man get to les toilettes!