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Published 08:09 29 Aug 2018 BST
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Yet, three years on in 2018, the French female tennis player Alize Cornet took off her shirt because she had it on back the front during her opening round loss to Johanna Larsson, only to be issued with a code violation by the court umpire in charge.
The World Number 31 called for a time-out mid-way through her match because she had been struggling with the heat. She'd observed WTA rules by retreating to the locker-room in order to change her shirt.
On her way back to the baseline, she remonstrated with umpire Christian Rask over the length of the walk back from the designated cool-down spot to the court.
Upon returning to the baseline, she discovered that she had her shirt on the wrong away around, so she took it off to whip it around as a result.
It was clearly a common sense approach because she didn't want to make that long walk back to the cool-down area again. However, Rask showed no such empathy and he issued her with a slap on the wrist.
Rask was on the recieving end of plenty of criticism for his call. In fairness, he was just following the rules but surely some common sense could have been shown in this instance. Andy Murray's mother Judy was among those to slate the rules.
You can watch a video of the incident below.
https://twitter.com/JudyMurray/status/1034555043838656512
Let's not forget, the temperature are reaching searing heights of up and over 40 degrees in New York where a number of players have been seen to have been struggling on court.
It's no surprise that a number of dissenting voices have criticised the double standard that exists in the sport.Football

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