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## 3. Denial of a Player Request 

The Referee and/or Supervisor shall have the authority to deny a player permission to leave the court during a match for a toilet break if it is interpreted by the Referee and/or Supervisor as gamesmanship and/or flagrant abuse of the Rules. 

## 4. Abuse of Rule 

Players will be penalized in accordance with the Point Penalty Schedule for any abuse of this rule. (See Section XVIII.A.22 - Officials and Officiating; see also Section B.1 of Appendix B - Supervisor.) 

## E. WTA MEDICAL RULE 

See Section XVIII.B.5 - Medical Procedures. 

## F. CODE OF CONDUCT 

An on-court code offense, under the Code of Conduct, may be declared by the Chair Umpire acting on his or her own or when instructed by either the Supervisor or Referee. 

For full information, see Section XVII - Code of Conduct. 

## G. CONTINUOUS PLAY 

## 1. Start of Match Violations 

A player will receive a warning for her first violation and a $250 fine for each subsequent violation per Tournament of the following time limits: 1 

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## 2. In-Match Violations 

Monetary fines are not applicable. 

1 A warm-up period of four (4) minutes is being trialed in 2021. 

