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Australian Open officials have been urged to \u201cstrictly police\u201d the medical timeouts at the tournament following Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner\u2019s lengthy breaks.<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u00a0appeared to be in discomfort early during his quarter-final match against Carlos Alcaraz and opted to take a medical timeout after losing his serve to go down 5-4 in the opening set.<\/p>\n

He left the court to receive treatment and returned with a heavily strapped left thigh and he went on to lose the first set to the Spaniard.<\/p>\n

But the tennis great bounced back to win the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, leading to more questions about putting opponents off with medical timeouts.<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u2019s MTO came just a day after Sinner took an even longer timeout to receive treatment during his match against Holger Rune.<\/p>\n

Both the physio and doctor were out on court for Sinner midway during the third set and the Italian then went to the dressing room for further treatment.<\/p>\n

The world No 1\u2019s MTO lasted 11 minutes and he went on to win the fourth-round match in four sets.<\/p>\n

Former\u00a0Australian Open\u00a0tournament director McNamee feels organisers should keep to the rules when it comes to timeouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a big fan of it, I\u2019ve got to say,\u201d he told The Age when asked about the medical timeouts. \u201cUnless there\u2019s a modesty issue, I think it should happen on court.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019ve got three minutes, and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

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<\/canvas><\/canvas>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to the opponent to stop a match for 10 minutes, even five minutes. It\u2019s meant to be three minutes and [it] should be policed strictly.\u201d<\/p>\n

During ESPN\u2019s coverage of the Djokovic-Alcaraz match, the legendary John McEnroe said it was standard practice for the 24-time Grand Slam winner to appear injured during matches, stating: \u201cThis isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve seen this routine. Don\u2019t be fooled.\u201d<\/p>\n

And McEnroe is not the only one who has suggested Djokovic uses MTOs to his advantage, but McNamee feels Sinner\u2019s break was a lot worse.<\/p>\n

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The Italian also shook uncontrollably at one stage during his match and stated afterwards that he was not injured and received treatment for an unspecific \u201chealth issue\u201d, but he and Djokovic are expected to be fit and healthy for the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Djokovic, a 10-time Australian Open winner, will face Alexander Zverev for a place in the final while Sinner takes on Ben Shelton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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