Tennis – The mother of the Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios commented on the toilet breaks that the Argentinian Juan Martín del Potro took during the clash between the two at the Cincinnati Open on Friday. del Potro beat Kyrgios 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (8-6) 6-2 on Friday to qualify for the Cincinnati Masters.
Kyrgios hit 29 aces in the match which lasted more than two hours and 15 minutes over two days after being suspended by rain. After the defeat, Norlaila Kyrgios, the Australian star’s mother, tweeted: “Something as ordinary as a bathroom break is a moot point at this level of tennis.
Does the player really need to go, or is it a ruse to buy time, clear the mind, and change momentum? Coincidentally, this is usually when someone loses a set. World number 3 Del Potro took a nine-minute toilet break during the match.
Kyrgios himself posted a tweet that he later deleted in which he said: “Two penalty points. Horrible refereeing. Crazy bathroom breaks.” Del Potro’s victory put him in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters, after which he was defeated by Belgian David Goffin in the last eight in two tie-breaks as Goffin advanced to the semi-finals.
Goffin’s victory puts him in the semifinals against second seed Roger Federer, who beat Stan Wawrinka in another three-set quarterfinal on Friday. Also Read – Feliciano Lopez on the revamped Davis Cup format
