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(Reuters)<\/cite>Australian Open favorite Daniil Medvedev called the tennis tour’s toilet break rule “stupid” after rowing with the chair umpire about the refresher during his sweaty fourth-round win over Maxime Cressy on Monday.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Reuters)Australian Open favorite Daniil Medvedev called the tennis tour’s toilet break rule “stupid” after rowing with the chair umpire about the refresher during his sweaty fourth-round win over Maxime Cressy on Monday. Russia’s Medvedev barked at French chair umpire Renaud Lichtenstein over the recently updated rule that limits players to a maximum of three minutes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"\nRussia’s Medvedev barked at French chair umpire Renaud Lichtenstein over the recently updated rule that limits players to a maximum of three minutes off the pitch, with an extra two if they choose to change clothes.<\/p>\nAfter a tough 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-5 win over American Cressy on a muggy day at Margaret Court Arena, the second seed said the players were on days with more scope needing to refresh extreme heat.<\/p>\n“The thing is I know that in the 35 degree heat when you play in the sun I want to change after two sets because you get wet,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n“I’m going to want to change my shorts, under my shorts, my socks, my shoes. It takes you about four minutes and my body wanted to pee after the first set.<\/p>\n“So I don’t see any logic in those rules, so I can call that stupid.”<\/p>\n\nAfter dropping the third set against serve-volleyer Cressy, Medvedev got cranky in the fourth set when he failed to bring the American’s serve past eight break points.<\/p>\nBut he said he was already in the mood to be seated on Margaret Court Arena’s second show court for a second straight game, rather than Rod Laver Arena’s center court.<\/p>\n“I was pretty pissed about a few things today,” said the US Open champion, the highest seeded at Melbourne Park after world number one Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia.<\/p>\n\u201cFirst of all, I really don’t know what to do to play center courts in Grand Slams.<\/p>\n\u201cBecause I won the last Grand Slam. I mean I’m the highest seed here and playing Maxime would be easier for Rod Laver (Arena), more space.<\/p>\n“When you play on a smaller court, it’s harder to play against someone who serves and volleys than on a larger court.”<\/p>\nMedvedev, who finished second behind Djokovic last year, is playing Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime for a spot in the semifinals.<\/p>\n