World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz expressed his intention to debate with the ATP a brand new shot clock rule at the moment being trialed, following his loss to Briton Jack Draper on the Queen’s Club Championships.
Alcaraz felt rushed through the match and believes the rule could have impacted his efficiency.
The defeat, with a rating of 7-6(3) 6-3, was a setback for Alcaraz as he prepares to defend his Wimbledon title.
The new rule, a part of a trial, initiates a 25-second shot clock nearly instantly after a degree is concluded, contrasting with the earlier technique the place the clock began when the chair umpire referred to as the rating.
The new regulation, geared toward streamlining sport movement and guaranteeing constant time administration, has been on trial because the French Open concluded. An ATP supply informed Reuters it is going to proceed in ATP tournaments till the top of the season.
Alcaraz mentioned he had no time to undergo his common routine through the match and that he had expressed his issues to chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani.
“He told me that there is a new rule, this new thing, that the clock never stops. After the point is finished, the clock is put on,” Alcaraz added.
“I feel for the gamers it is one thing unhealthy. I end the purpose on the web and I had no time to ask for balls. I’m not saying to go to a towel and take my time. I really feel like I can not ask for the balls.
“It’s loopy. I’ve time simply to ask for 2 balls and no bounces. I’ve by no means seen one thing like that in tennis.
“If you play a protracted level or end on the web, you have got time simply to go for a towel or ask in your routine, ask for, in my case, 4 balls, I’m concentrating on the subsequent level, simply bouncing my bounces and function finest as I can.
“Today I felt like I was in a rush all the time. I had no time to bounce and do my routine.”
The ATP supply mentioned umpires would nonetheless have the flexibility to pause the shot clocks within the occasion of disruptions past participant or match management.
French Open champion Alcaraz was requested if he had spoken to the governing physique.
“Not yet, but I will, for sure,” mentioned the Spaniard, who will now head to Wimbledon, which begins on July 1.
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