Roddick slams US Open's 'lame' Twitter rules

Watch what you tweet.

That's the message tennis authorities are delivering as the US Open gets set to start, telling players and their entourages to be careful about what they post on the social networking site Twitter. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Signs are being posted in the players' lounge, locker rooms and referee's office at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre with the header: "Important. Player Notice. Twitter Warning."

The signs, written by the Tennis Integrity Unit, point out that Twitter messages could violate the sport's anti-corruption rules.

Andy Roddick, for one, is not a fan of the warning. In a tweet on Friday night, the 2003 US Open champion wrote that he thought it was "lame the US Open is trying to regulate our tweeting. I understand the on-court issue but not sure they can tell us if we can't do it on our own time ... we'll see."

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emily | 8:38 AM | Twitter |
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