German tennis player Mats Rosenkranz (26 years, 358 ATP) did not usually know about the toilet/outfit, considered “abuse”, and was disqualified. It happened in Hersonissos, in the northeast of Crete, on the lands of the Lyttos Sports Center, where the third challenger of the year is played.
Mats Rosenkranz paid with the loser of the match
In one of the matches in the second round, this morning, Mats Rosenkranz won the first set with 7-5 against the Italian Pietro Orlando Fellin (24 years, 561 ATP).
After an hour of play in the heat of over 30 degrees of Crete and with a humidity of 74%, Rosenkranz and Fellin went to the locker rooms, for what is called “Highlight”.
Upon returning to the field, despite the requests addressed to the chair referee and the supervisor (“it was only 10 seconds”), the German was disqualified, and Victoria returned to Fellin.
Why? The assistant of the chair referee, who monitored Rosenkranz during his return to the locker room, saw him shower. The ATP rules do not allow this, because it is considered to be an “abuse” of toilet/outfit (toilet/break).
Is not the only case
The Romanian tournament is also the Romanian Victor Cornea (31 years old), which evolves in the double competition together with the French Matteo Martineau (26 years, 269 ATP).
It seems strange, but it's not the first time this happens at a tour. At a Sevilla Challenger, from 2022, the Argentine Federico Delbonis attracted the attention of the chair referee that his opponent, the American Nicolas Moreno de Alboran, had shower during the toilet break.
The referee went to inspect the locker rooms and disqualified Moreno de Alboran, who claimed that he just wanted to take off the slag.
Gima, in quarters at Sofia
At the Challenger in Sofia (Bulgaria), where the first rocket of Romania-Filip Jianu was eliminated in the first round, the Romanian Sebastian Gima (23 years, 622) eliminated today the Spanish Daniel Rincon (22 years, 290 ATP), score 6-4, 6-4.
In the quarterfinals, the Romanian who came from the qualifications will come across the favorite 1 of the competition, the Bosnian Narman Fatic (30 years, 247 ATP).
Gima has secured a prize of 1,545 euros and 8 ATP points. In the “quarters”, Stefan Andreescu (23 years old, 547 ATP), who had eliminated Jianu, arrived. He gave in front of Czech Zdenek Kolar (28 years, 382 ATP), score 4-6, 2-6.
