“There is not enough time”: the Top 10 that benched Alcaraz and harshly criticized the ATP regulations

After surpassing for the eighth time its premiere in the Indian Wells Masters 1000the place Taylor Fritz (7th) took the lead and went out to beat his Spanish colleague Carlos Alcaraz (1st) to harshly criticize the ATP regulationsespecially given the limited time available during the duty shift.

“I think that sometimes we could be a little smarter in management. For example, if someone plays a long point and finishes it in the opposite corner net, and we play in a humid place where you have to dry your hands with a towel between points, perhaps we can give it five more seconds. And that’s where the problem arises, because the watch starts automatically after the point“, argued the 28-year-old born in Rancho Santa Fe, California, in a press conference, after beating the British Jacob Fearnley (87th) 6-3, 6-7 (8) and 6-1.

Subsequently, the former world number 4, who had the pleasure of becoming champion in the prestigious event in 2022 by beating the Spanish Rafael Nadal in the definition, emphasized the way of proceeding of the umpire Irish Fergus Murphyprecisely to which the young man from Murcia directly pointed out when he called him “he doesn’t understand anything about this sport” and confessed that he doesn’t believe anyone will change in the near future.

“I’ve had problems before when the referees started it, because it seemed to me that some did it faster than others. I’ve always had problems with Fergus in particular, who would start the clock too quickly. And I have never had a time violation called against me nor has anyone ever had a time violation called against me. But then there were probably ten in total in my games when he was on the court,” said the owner of ten titles in the Tourwho caught his 347th success at the highest level.

Finally, the next rival of his compatriot Alex Michelsen (44°), executioner of the qualy Spaniard Daniel Mérida (139°) and Frenchman Ugo Humbert (34°) in the previous phases, pointed out: “Then it started to be automatic, that is, the clock restarts when the point ends. It doesn’t really depend on the referee. I think there may be some room for maneuver. In certain situations, such as when someone finishes the point on the other side of the net and has to go get the towel, sometimes there just isn’t enough time“.

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