New Medical Timeout Rules For 2010

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New ITF medical timeout rules for 2010 (affecting ITF circuit events, Grand Slams and Davis Cup/Fed Cup). I have not seen the 2010 ATP or WTA rules yet, so don't know for sure if it 100% same, but I would imagine it will be for ATP and WTA events as well.

In pertinent parts:

Medical Time-Out can only be taken at changeover or set-break, unless the trainer/doctor determine that the player has an acute medical condition requiring immediate attention (ankle or knee sprain, bloody nose, etc.). If the player requests the trainer during a game, and the trainer diagnoses a non-acute condition, then the player will be instructed to play until the changeover when he can receive the medical time-out.

Here's the biggest change

No more medical time-outs allowed for cramping. A player may have a medical time-out for heat illness (vomiting or similar), but not solely for cramping. A player may only receive changeover/set-break treatment for muscle cramping, and only on 3 changeovers (doesn't need to be consecutive changeovers). If a player has severe cramping and needs immediate treatment, he/she may forfeit the points or games needed to get to the changeover where he/she may receive treatment for cramping, assuming they have not used all 3 changeovers yet.

Bleeding
Bleeding is now officially in the rules that the chair umpire must stop play if a player is bleeding and request the trainer to the court. Blood must be stopped, and the court, balls, and anything else needs to be cleaned up or changed out before play is resumed.
 
One correction. The player is actually only allowed 2 changeover treatments for cramping; however, if the trainer is called to the court, and arrives after part of the changeover has expired, they may treat for the remainder of that changeover, plus 2 additional full changeovers.
 
Medical Time-Out can only be taken at changeover or set-break, unless the trainer/doctor determine that the player has an acute medical condition requiring immediate attention (ankle or knee sprain, bloody nose, etc.). If the player requests the trainer during a game, and the trainer diagnoses a non-acute condition, then the player will be instructed to play until the changeover when he can receive the medical time-out.

Rolls on the ground until they come help me. Everyone will look like murray (in his match vs haas) at the 2007 pac life open. More drama incoming

Didnt they originally implement the cramping rule for that asian guy at wimbledon (no way i could spell it)? What made them change it back?
 
In reference to the players forfeiting points/games to get to the changeover/setbreak, this is not a Code Violation. Years ago, before cramping medical timeouts were allowed, a player could buy time with Code Violations to get to the changeover. Now, they can literally just forfeit those points or games.
 
This is good since player's fitness will be more of a factor next year. Especially against the extreme heat in AO.
 
I just received confirmation that it will be the same for ITF, WTA and ATP.
 
thanx a ton woodrow!Very interesting!I look forward to see it rightly implemented now!Hope it will put an end to much of the gamemanship going on.

perhaps ...Have you heard anything about serve time-violations too?;) :p
 
Thanks Woodrow.

The restrict rules will definitely be a challenge for all players to stay fit and a test to their toughness throughout the whole match.
 
thanx a ton woodrow!Very interesting!I look forward to see it rightly implemented now!Hope it will put an end to much of the gamemanship going on.

perhaps ...Have you heard anything about serve time-violations too?;) :p
For now, the gray area timing guidelines will remain the same as far as I have seen.
 
I just received confirmation that it will be the same for ITF, WTA and ATP.

Any links?

I am not sure if I like the new rules yet. I kinda like it when players get treatment time outs. It somehow adds to the drama.

I guess it's good for players that I like though, since most of them rarely use time outs.
 
Any links?

I am not sure if I like the new rules yet. I kinda like it when players get treatment time outs. It somehow adds to the drama.

I guess it's good for players that I like though, since most of them rarely use time outs.

The rule should be enforce b/c some players just call timeout to weather the storm as a sole reason, not b/c of injury. Forcing them to continue to play it out until the changeover will eliminate such poor sportsmanship.
 
Im glad it being enforced on both the ATP and WTA. Is should be fait for both and hopefully will be enforced.Too many call the trainer for no real reason on both sides IMO.

Verdasco, Bartoli, Jankovic, Delpo, Djoker, Azarenka etc need to be cracked down upon because they take a lot of unnecessary MTO's frequenty.
 
The rule should be enforce b/c some players just call timeout to weather the storm as a sole reason, not b/c of injury. Forcing them to continue to play it out until the changeover will eliminate such poor sportsmanship.

I am aware of the fact,

Thanks for the info buddy.
 
Any links?

I am not sure if I like the new rules yet. I kinda like it when players get treatment time outs. It somehow adds to the drama.

I guess it's good for players that I like though, since most of them rarely use time outs.
There are no links available to my knowledge yet with this information.
 
Very interesting, I hope it will all indeed turn out the way you posted, OP.
Hopefully we'll be seeing less 'fake' (read: gamesmanship) injuries the coming season.
 
Rolls on the ground until they come help me. Everyone will look like murray (in his match vs haas) at the 2007 pac life open. More drama incoming

Didnt they originally implement the cramping rule for that asian guy at wimbledon (no way i could spell it)? What made them change it back?


Shuozo Matsuoko, or something close to that. And it was at the US Open were he was writhing around on the ground and noone could help him. Should have hydrated better if u ask me.
 
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