BBC commentator Pat Cash launched a passionate rant about medical time outs during live Wimbledon coverage on Saturday. The Australian was speaking during a match involving his compatriot Alex de Minaur and American hopeful Zachary Svajda. At 5-2 down in the third set, with the first two sets shared one apiece, Svajda called for the physio. However, Cash was none too happy with what he saw.
“I am so against this, the doctors need to stand up and go, no, this is an injury,” the 61-year-old said. “Here’s the rule, anything beyond the 4th set in the men’s, unless you twist your ankle or roll something or run into the net post or whatever, you shouldn’t get a MTO” Eventually the two players resumed their match. De Minaur wrapped up the third set by six games to two but Svajda was able to hold serve to kick off the fourth.