Andy Murray aims new jibe at Stefanos Tsitsipas in toilet break row

STEFANOS Tsitsipas found himself the butt of the jokes at the US Open after Andy Murray aimed another jibe at the Greek third seed in the row over long bathroom breaks.

After losing to him on Monday, Britain’s Murray said he “lost respect” for Tsitsipas and accused his opponent of “cheating” by going off court for eight minutes, although the Greek did not break any rules.

Murray was not in the mood to let the issue slide, though, even after a night sleeping on it.

On Tuesday, he joked it took less time for American billionaire Jeff Bezos to fly into space than Tsitsipas spent in the toilet.

Germany’s Alexander Zverev joined in when discussing the favourites for the title, saying: “Stefanos can play well – if he doesn’t go to the moon and back for a toilet break, that will also help. I had to, I’m sorry.”

While Murray made plenty of people laugh with his dig – with more than 74,000 likes and 14,000 retweets, his third most popular tweet of the year – it was designed to further highlight an issue which he said is “not good for the sport”.

“I love that Andy went to sleep last night with emotions running high and has woken up this morning and doubled down on his opinion,” former British number one Laura Robson said on BBC Radio 5 Live.

“He’s not the first player to complain about this issue.” – bbc.com