'I had to pick it up' - Barbora Krejcikova fumes at time violation at Australian Open in match against Jelena Ostapenko

Barbora Krejcikova was left fuming after she was hit with a time violation during her third-round match against Jelena Ostapenko at the Australian Open. The French Open champion had to battle back from a set down to secure a 2-6 6-4 6-4 win against Ostapenko. She will now face Victoria Azarenka in a last-16 match.

Ad/> The 26-year-old took an eight-minute toilet break between sets, meaning she received a time violation. And she did not take kindly to the umpire’s intervention as she felt she had a valid reason for the delay – a broken necklace. Australian Open'These moments are priceless for me' — Azarenka and son Leo give moving press conference4 HOURS AGO “You know why [I was delayed]? Because I broke my necklace.

I had to pick it up,” she exclaimed. It was an explanation that did not hold water with the umpire and an irate, fuming Krejcikova added: “And I’m getting a time violation. What’s next?” The issues of toilet breaks came into focus after a high-profile incident at the US Open when former world No.

1 Andy Murray accused Greek opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas of cheating by taking lengthy toilet breaks. Murray was fuming and the new rules were brought in to tighten up players’ conduct around what had previously been a grey area. And a clearly disgruntled Krejcikova has now fallen foul of those rules.