LONDON • Spain's Marcel Granollers and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay face being fined after a bizarre sit-down protest in a Wimbledon doubles match on Monday after they were refused permission to take a bathroom break.
The pair lost 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 12-14 to Britain's Jonathan Marray and Canada's Adil Shamasdin, but the result was overshadowed by the final-set controversy.
Cuevas, 30, had been given a code violation earlier in the set after threatening to urinate into a ball can after he was refused permission to take a comfort break by French umpire Aurelie Tourte.
The 15th-seeded pair then received a second warning and a point penalty when Cuevas smacked a ball out of court, giving Marray and Shamasdin match point.
Cuevas and Granollers staged a sit-down protest for 10 minutes and the tournament supervisor had to be called before Marray and Shamasdin finally clinched victory.
"It was during a changeover," Marray said. "Something to do with a can, something to do with bathroom breaks. I don't know what happened.
"I went to the bathroom twice during the match and obviously the fifth set was a long one. I think you should be allowed an extra toilet break if it's five sets."
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS
