World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas was defiant as his Grand Slam hopes evaporated on Friday, saying 'everyone suddenly is against me' and insisting he was innocent of wrongdoing in a bitter saga over bathroom breaks at the U.S. Open.
"I took my toilet break as a normal athlete," Tsitsipas said afterward, adding that he had only changed from wet clothes to dry clothes.
Mannarino was among those to suggest that while Tsitsipas hadn't necessarily violated protocol with his behavior,"the rule is wrong." Former champion Sloane Stephens, who lost in the third round on Friday, also called for a rule change, saying the extended bathroom breaks were a form of"gamesmanship."
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