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Alexander Zverev frustrated over French Open diabetes rules and needing to leave court for insulin injection

Alexander Zverev has expressed his frustration at the seemingly unclear rules at the French Open around injecting insulin on court for his diabetes. Zverev, who reached the quarter-finals of the French Open with a straight-sets victory over Grigor Dimitrov, was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes at the age of three. Ad He needs to take insulin regularly to maintain his blood sugar levels and it is administered with an insulin pen.

Roland-GarrosFrench Open order of play, Day 10 — Alcaraz, Sabalenka, Djokovic in quarter-final action11 HOURS AGO At the French Open he has apparently been told by an official that he could not take insulin on court and was required to take a bathroom break instead. «On the ATP Tour I do it on the court, here they don't allow me to do it,” he told Eurosport Germany. “I'm not allowed to do it on the court and I have to run out every time.

“Then at the last match I was told that it counts as a toilet break. That's when I said, 'guys, I might have to walk off the court four or five times. Decide what you want me to do’.” Zverev said that in his previous match against Frances Tiafoe there was a „supervisor who didn't know that I was diabetic“, adding: „I then gave myself an injection and he panicked and said I had to call a doctor if I gave myself anything.“ He also said he told the umpire during the last two matches: „Just decide what you want from me, and then I'll do it like this.

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