To the moon. That is the assumption of Alexander Zverev, where Stefanos Tsitsipas said goodbye during the extended toilet breaks. Zverev’s second suggestion: a magical place where some people really think the toilet is and report amazing epiphanies. Andy Murray, who recently had to wait eight minutes for the Greek, wrote on the short message service Twitter: “Fun fact of the day: It takes twice as long for Tsitsipas to go to the bathroom as it took for Jeff Bezos to get into space . ” Fun fact number two: when Tsitsipas came back from his hiatus, he was playing like an alien.
At the US Open, two questions are being negotiated that are not that unimportant for the continued existence of mankind. The first: what is the maximum amount of time a person should spend on the toilet? On Wednesday evening against Adrian Mannarino, Tsitsipas again managed more than eight minutes, and it was not without a certain irony that he received a counterattack on his counterattack in the press conference (“How long did it take Murray during his break in the final against Djokovic?”) (“Just three minutes”).
In the second round, Peter Gojowczyk could meet the Greeks
So Tsitsipas will continue to spend a lot of time on the toilet; and that leads to the second question. Because Zverev had suggested that those left behind should do what they want: What could be an eight-minute pastime? Flying into space, of course, otherwise: Score five goals against Wolfsburg (like Robert Lewandowski 2015) or be the captain of St. Pauli like Rico Benatelli in June 2020. Or: eat 76 hot dogs like food artist Joey Chestnut. Or read the letters of the apostle Paul to the Philippians – 2910 words, that is how much a reader can do in ten minutes on average.
The possibilities of a tennis player are of course a little more limited, and so Peter Gojowczyk, possible opponent of the Greek in the round of 16, recently admitted that he had no idea what he would do if Tsitsipas went to the magical place. So here are a few suggestions from the US hipster lifestyle website “Urban 75” for a senseless pastime: blink for eight minutes, then close your eyes and enjoy the psychedelic light show. Try not to think about penguins. Repeat a word until it loses its meaning.
Perhaps the best idea: become a Jedi Knight and try to control people with your own thoughts. That is a proposal that could actually be implemented. Why not entertain the audience like this; Pass a few balls to the spectators, challenge them to wave and do a lap of honor? It would have two wonderful effects: you kept yourself busy and people, and Tsitsipas would have no idea what to expect when he came back from the bathroom. He would think he was on the moon.