It's a serve. Not a mid rally shot. A serve.
And? Are you saying that a serve is supposed to be polite and easy? That you aren't supposed to try to make it hard/impossible to return?
It's a serve. Not a mid rally shot. A serve.
And? If his opponent wants to play off the back line then he should cater to that and make it easier for him to return one?It's a serve. Not a mid rally shot. A serve.
I remember seeing this kind of tactics in the Prince of Tennis anime.
It's not unethical until it causes an international incident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbOq-oe2kN8
Interestingly Max Scherzer actually got a strikeout on a guy doing this just two starts ago. In MLB, though, the batter is supposed to be "reasonably set" or something like that before the pitcher delivers, which means more than just having both feet in the box. His pitch probably should have been considered an illegal quick pitch and a ball.
This should be used by everyone who plays Nadal.
I get the football POV, however it's understood that anything goes when it comes to scoring goals. Hence all the BS you see in football. Diving, faking offsides, claiming ball in or out by others. Cheap tricks in football goes with the game. So back to tennis being a sport where respect is respected. This chump played a typical football "cheap trick" shot. Not cool.
The opponent has to hit the ball before it bounces twice, regardless of where it lands.Question from a tennis noob: If the ball landed on a valid part of Gonzalez' court, would it count for or against him?
This should be used by everyone who plays Nadal.
You mean ping pong.
How did it take two pages for this?Martina Hingis did this in the 1999 French Open final as a way to say "fuck you" to Steffi Graf, and was pretty much booed out of the stadium. Probably the most dramatic Slam final in history.
https://youtu.be/AqLr00Krd0k
Pfft. That's amateur hour.
I thought the thread would be about this:
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