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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner during the changeover vs Daniil Medvedev at the Italian Open                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Daniil Medvedev called for tennis lawmakers to change the rules when it comes to medical timeouts following his loss to Jannik Sinner at the Italian Open.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters after his three-set semi-final defeat, \u201cI actually have a solution: allow physical, allow medical treatment for help. Sorry. Allow medical, meaning physio three minutes, when you have cramps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen there\u2019s no problem because then a player could say, I have cramps, I need a physio. For the moment, it\u2019s not allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tennis players are allowed to receive treatment for cramping during changeovers, but they cannot call for a medical timeout if this issue rears its ugly head.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis content creator Gill Gross has previously said these rules are unenforceable by chair umpires, and players can easily exploit this. Now, he has weighed in on the matter again after a physically shot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> lost in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\">French Open<\/a> second round.<\/p>\n<h2>More French Open News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/jannik-sinners-behaviour-labelled-strange-tennis-experts-french-open-defeat\">Jannik Sinner\u2019s \u2018strange\u2019 French Open collapse leaves tennis legends stunned<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/hate-former-world-no-1-key-factor-jannik-sinners-shock-french-open-loss\">Former world No 1 reveals culprit behind Jannik Sinner\u2019s French Open exit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Sinner\u2019s five-set loss to Juan Manuel Cerundolo on Wednesday, the Italian asked chair umpire Aurelie Tourte what course of action he could take as he complained of feeling dizzy and wanting to throw up.<\/p>\n<p>Gross pointed out that Sinner was able to receive treatment, which \u201cdidn\u2019t seem right at all\u201d, and spent nearly 10 minutes off court as he tried to recover.<\/p>\n<p>And while the four-time major winner was advised on the best course of action, a cramping Jakub Mensik was hit with first serve penalties during his gruelling five-set victory over Mariano Navone as he took more than 25 seconds between points.<\/p>\n<p>So, what is the best way to fix this growing problem in tennis? According to Gross, and before him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Daniil-medvedev\">Medvedev<\/a>, big rule changes are needed.<\/p>\n<p>He said on his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=twU9pvcpdlU&amp;t=2333s\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>, \u201cHere is what I propose. First off, just legalise treatment for cramping. Show me one time a player said, \u2018I need a medical timeout\u2019 and the umpire said no. Show me one time it happened!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt annoys me to have a rule that is so poorly thought out. I even like the thought process behind the rule but we\u2019ve shown it can\u2019t be enforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think mid-game medical timeouts should be banned. You can take a medical timeout whenever you want, including in the middle of the game, but I think you should forfeit the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you need treatment that badly, that\u2019s totally fine. I think that\u2019s completely fair. And the serve clock should be enforced at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gross added that in the Navone-Mensik match, the former should be rewarded for his superior conditioning and the latter should be punished for his.<\/p>\n<p>On the medical timeout rule, he added, \u201cThat rule has never been enforced, will never be enforced. As long as you don\u2019t use the c word (cramping), you will get the medical attention you seek. We have a rule that is unenforceable and exploitable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially in desperate cases, when you are physically suffering, you are going to do what ever it takes to get some relief and hopefully get the win. That is why the rules need to be reformed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not Jannik Sinner\u2019s job to officiate in the case, it is Aurelie Tourte\u2019s job to officiate. I don\u2019t think she should have allowed the medical timeout, I think she should have deemed it a loss of fitness. I think she should have, at the very least, forced a wait until a changeover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT NEXT? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/roland-garros-toni-nadal-dismisses-novak-djokovic-title-chances-names-surprise-real-contender\">Roland Garros: Toni Nadal dismisses Novak Djokovic\u2019s title chances as he names surprise \u2018real contender\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniil Medvedev\u2019s proposed rule change gains traction after stricken Jannik Sinner exits French Open Tennis365 29 May 2026 7:00 PM Jannik Sinner during the changeover vs Daniil Medvedev at the Italian Open Daniil Medvedev called for tennis lawmakers to change the rules when it comes to medical timeouts following his loss to Jannik Sinner at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1962430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1962430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1962430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1962430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1962430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}