Eliot Spizzirri suggested the implementation of the heat rule during his defeat to Jannik Sinner was ‘funny timing’.
The youngster was on top in the third set of yesterday’s match, with Sinner struggling due to cramp in the sweltering conditions.
However, the blistering heat led to a stoppage of around 10 minutes, after which the tide turned.
Spizziri said: “Yeah, I don’t know if he got saved by it.
“You know, I smiled a little bit when the heat rule went into effect, just because it was kind of funny timing as I went up 3-1.
“But at the same time, you know, the game at 2-1 in the third set was when the heat, when it hit, I think it’s 5.0, which means that the heat rule is in effect.
“So whenever that game was over, whether I broke or whether he held, we were going to close the roof.
“It was just funny that right when I broke and he was wobbling, that it happened to happen that way.”