31 August,2009 07:33 AM IST | | Agencies
Watch what you tweet. That's the message tennis authorities are delivering as the US Open gets set to start today, telling players and their entourages to be careful about what they post on the social networking site Twitter.
Signs are being posted in the players' lounge, locker rooms and referee's office at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center 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.
"Many of you will have Twitter accounts in order for your fans to follow you and this is great," the notices read.
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"However popular it is, it is important to warn you of some of the dangers posted by Twittering as it relates to the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program Rules."
Andy Roddick, for one, is not a fan of the warning.
In a tweet on Friday, the 2003 US Open champion wrote that he thinks it's "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."
