Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

[Deuce]

This is nice...
Reading this, you'll get a good idea of how much Barty's peers respect her...

Players Past and Present Praise Barty...

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[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

Do ball people have a union? I know they aren't paid, so I guess not, but they really should just all not show up at the Miami Open tomorrow. All of them. Just call in sick. What would happen? I guess they'd get fired.

Kevin

Final argument needed to move all tournaments to fully electronic line calling. Won't work.

[meganfernandez]

This is nice...
Reading this, you'll get a good idea of how much Barty's peers respect her...

Players Past and Present Praise Barty...

.

Nothing from Roger, Nadal or Novak? Did they not know her at all or something? They both won Slams the same time she did - Rafa the French and Novak at Wimbledon, right?


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[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

[dmforever]

Do ball people have a union? I know they aren't paid, so I guess not, but they really should just all not show up at the Miami Open tomorrow. All of them. Just call in sick. What would happen? I guess they'd get fired.

Kevin

Final argument needed to move all tournaments to fully electronic line calling. Won't work.

I said ball people, not umpires or linespeople I'd just like the jerky players to have to get their own balls, and have to do it quickly enough so as not to get a time penalty.

Kevin

[dmforever]

Do ball people have a union? I know they aren't paid, so I guess not, but they really should just all not show up at the Miami Open tomorrow. All of them. Just call in sick. What would happen? I guess they'd get fired.

Kevin

Final argument needed to move all tournaments to fully electronic line calling. Won't work.

But now that you mention it, that's not a bad idea either. It would totally work in that it would bring the tournament to a halt if, for example, chair umpires were feeling like they weren't being protected enough from Mishaesque racket tirades.

Kevin

[Fastbackss]

[ponchi101]

Ah, sometimes I miss him.
Sometimes.
(he is right)

[meganfernandez]

Ah, sometimes I miss him.
Sometimes.
(he is right)

He had great aim, hitting the tree twice.


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[3mlm]

If players follow Andy's racquet smash advice, it would ruin our racquet smashing contest thread.

[ponchi101]

Certainly. From that point of view, a flatly thrown racquet simply has no artistry to it.
But the topic has been rather dormant lately. It has become like the NBA's Slam Dunk contest: there is very little else that can be done. It will take some considerable talent to come up with new innovations on how to destroy a racquet. And by now, destruction is a MUST; just simply breaking one will not do.

[meganfernandez]

Certainly. From that point of view, a flatly thrown racquet simply has no artistry to it.
But the topic has been rather dormant lately. It has become like the NBA's Slam Dunk contest: there is very little else that can be done. It will take some considerable talent to come up with new innovations on how to destroy a racquet. And by now, destruction is a MUST; just simply breaking one will not do.

Stan to the rescue. He can break a racket like a man. Exquisite timing for his return.

[ponchi101]

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Stan to the rescue. He can break a racket like a man. Exquisite timing for his return.

Oh, yes. A man that can break a racquet in mid-air.
But he is an exception. I can't see Taylor doing that.