Tennis-Lengthy toilet breaks may soon be thing of the past

FILE PHOTO: Sep 3, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece headed to bathroom on a break after losing the 3rd set against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on day five of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Inordinately long toilets breaks or medical timeouts at critical moments could soon be a thing of the past in men's tennis with the ATP Tour planning to impose stricter rules, a source at the men's governing body told Reuters.

The practice has long been a bugbear of players, most recently at the U.S. Open where Stefanos Tsitsipas was accused of gamesmanship by Andy Murray for taking a lengthy trip to the bathroom at a critical point in their first-round match.