Casper Ruud has known as for a possible evaluation of the medical day trip rule simply days after Novak Djokovic claimed Cameron Norrie didn’t exhibit “fair play” during their last-16 clash. The Serb was sad with Norrie for taking a medical day trip when he served for the match. And Ruud additionally questioned Holger Rune for doing the identical at an essential level of their Italian Open semi-final.

Ruud suffered a disappointing defeat in his Italian Open semi-final on Saturday as he blew a set and 4-2 result in lose 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2. Rune took a medical day trip after getting damaged to path 2-3 within the second set, and the world No 4 was requested in regards to the timing of his remedy after struggling his first defeat to the Dane.

“I would like to think not, but I don't know,” the Norwegian stated when requested if he thought Rune’s medical day trip was tactical. “It was for the shoulder. I don't know, when I broke him, he didn't serve particularly slow I think. I don't know. It would only be guessing. But I think if you have pain, you have the right to take the physio.”

While the 24-year-old remained imprecise, he did name on the rule to be reviewed as he seemed to different examples of gamers getting a remedy break earlier than their opponent was as a result of serve. And it comes days after Djokovic claimed the motion wasn’t “fair play” when Norrie did the identical throughout their round-of-16 match.

Ruud continued: “The rule should maybe be discussed a bit I think because there are many cases where someone takes [a] medical time out and it's before the opponent's serve, which I know a lot of people kind of dislike a little bit because it can interrupt your rhythm and you have to wait when you're about to serve. I don't know if that's something that might change in the future.”

But the two-time Grand Slam finalist conceded that it was a part of the foundations as he added: “It's completely allowed to take a medical timeout. It seemed like it helped him a lot. He played very, very well in the second and third set coming back. Yeah, if there was pain, sure it obviously helped him a lot I think.”

Ruud’s feedback echoed a sentiment from Djokovic earlier within the week, who wasn’t happy with Norrie after defeating the Brit 6-3 6-4. Norrie had hit the top seed with the ball when he went in for a smash throughout the second set and he took a medical day trip as quickly as Djokovic broke to guide 5-4 and serve for the win.

Quizzed over whether or not he thought the world No 13 hit him intentionally or not, the Serb named a number of points - together with the timing of his remedy. But like Ruud, Djokovic accepted that it was a part of the rulebook even when it didn’t really feel honest.

“It was not so much maybe about that, but it was maybe a combination of things,” he defined. “From the very beginning, I don't know, he was doing all the things that were allowed. He's allowed to take a medical timeout. He's allowed to hit a player. He's allowed to say C'mon in the face more or less every single point from basically first game.

“Those are the things that we players know in the locker room it's not fair play, it's not how we treat each other. But, again, it's allowed, so…”