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The 15th-seeded pair were knocked out of the men's doubles
tournament on Monday when they lost a controversial third round
clash 6-3 4-6 6-4 3-6 14-12 to Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin.
Britain's Marray sympathized with his opponents, feeling the
situation could have been handled better by umpire Aurelie
Tourte, while calling for toilet breaks to be added if matches
went into a fifth set.
"You have to take bad calls on the chin at some point. I went to
the bathroom twice during the match and obviously the fifth set
was a long one," Marray told British media.
"I think you should be allowed an extra toilet break if it's
five sets. You have to respect the officials regardless of
whatever happened in the match. You can have a word or two but
they're trying to do a job and you have to respect that."
Shamasdin believed that Tourte had crumbled under pressure after
making several early errors in the match.
"I don't think the chair umpire really had the match controlled.
She made a few mistakes early on at both ends. We were all on
her and she was definitely flustered," the 34-year-old Canadian
said.
"I don't think she handled it correctly."
(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by
John O'Brien)
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