Nothing Sinister About My Bathroom Breaks: Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas worked up a sweat in his two-and-three-quarter-hour loss to Alexander Zverev and the world number three can't understand complaints about his leaving the court to change clothes.

Stefanos Tsitsipas worked up a sweat in his two-and-three-quarter-hour loss to Alexander Zverev in Saturday's semi-final at the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters. And the glistening Greek can't understand complaints about his leaving the court to change clothes. "Nothing crazy. It's not astrophysics," Tsitsipas said after exiting 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4) to his German rival, who was clearly annoyed by the eight-minute interruption in play at the end of the first set. "I'm heading towards the locker room to go change my T-shirt. I don't think it would be very nice if I change shorts on the court in front of everybody," Tsitsipas said. The world number three added: "I'm a person that sweats a bit more than others. I think it's acceptable, it's just how it works for me." Suspicions have been raised that such a break -- Tsitsipas carried his full clothing bag off court -- might be an opportunity for some sneaky coaching via text. No sooner had that possibility been mentioned on an international television feed than the shot switched to father-coach Apostolos texting on his phone in the player box.