Updated On: 18 March, 2021 07:48 AM IST | Melbourne | Agencies
After coming through the high-pressure first-round match 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in just under four hours, he explained that he needed to use the bathroom more than other players

Denis Shapovalov. Pic/AFP
Denis Shapovalov claims he`s got the smallest bladder on tour and the Canadian was not impressed when an umpire at the Australian Open denied his request for a toilet break. The world number 11 had dropped the fourth set of a five-set epic against Italian teenager Jannik Sinner that finished in the early hours of Tuesday and desperately needed to relieve himself.
"What happens if I go?" asked the 21-year-old, "Do I get a fine? I don`t care!" he ranted at German umpire Nico Helwerth, who turned down his request. "What do you mean, I can`t go? Are you going to disqualify me? I have to pee!" He stepped up his tirade when it became clear the umpire would not relent. "I`m going to piss my pants!" he said. "I`m going to piss in a bottle."