Karolina Muchova speaks out after refusing to explain 'toilet issue' to US Open crowd

Published: Sep 04, 2024 Duration: 00:03:02 Category: Sports

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[Music] kolina muchova has revealed that she is carrying a sickness bug at the US Open the world number 52 ran to the toilet multiple times during her quarterfinal victory on Wednesday and called the physio twice she later apologized to the crowd for her constant trips to the bathroom but refused to divulge the details of her physical issues muchova faced 22nd seed beatric Hadad Maya in a bizarre match that saw both women called the trainer after storming through the first set the Czech star asked the Umpire if she could go to the toilet during a changeover and Sprint it off returning in time to resume play she then called the Physio and they left the court together with muchova making a swift return and the doctor came to the court to give her some medication a couple of games later the 28-year-old overcame her troubles to win 61 64 muchova chose not to go into detail during her on court interview but she later confirmed that she wasn't feeling well yeah I'm fighting bug a little bit I'm a little sick the former World number8 said in her postmatch press conference I hope it didn't disturb any anyone it never happened to me before but I really needed to go off the court when I get a chance to go again I hope it didn't disturb her didn't disturb the people but I actually don't do these things I don't like to do it but I had no other choice than to take yeah use a bathroom that's it muchova has been dogged by injuries throughout her career she also reached the US Open semi-finals last year losing to eventual Champion Coco gal it was the last match she played for 10 months as she was sidelined by a wrist injury and eventually had surgery it seems the 28-year-old can never catch a break with the illness being her latest physical setback asked how she dealt with the bad luck muchova replied I think I'm kind of used to it never did that what I was going through today yeah I was struggling a little bit but we all struggle sometimes with some things so I was just trying to do all I could on the court to feel better to ask for some pills some help yeah I just tried to use all I could as well I tried to play shorter points yeah just took it in a way it's written here on the court like you know Ash's thing I don't know how it is do what you can with all you have today or something like that so I was keeping that in mind [Music] oh

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