Luv2Run wrote:
Smoking in the basement wrote:
She flopped. My 4 year old hits me in the throat harder than that twice a week. FLOP!!
Chris Fowler, ESPN, made a good point in a tweet about so many people are blaming the line judge. And yep ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Your 4 year-old hits the ball like Djokovic? And you, no doubt, hit it back like Federer.
John Scott wrote:
As a tennis connoisseur I'll say it's very obvious that the fault in this situation lies with the lineswoman.
How can a person be expected to make the correct calls when she doesn't even have the reflexes to catch or at the very least dodge the ball? Djokovic did the US Open a favor and should not be disqualified, he should be commended. This whole situation is a very bad look on the US Open.
He should be commended for losing his temper and carelessly striking a lineswoman in the neck with a ball? And you call yourself a "tennis connoisseur".
Frankely Speaking wrote:
Luv2Run wrote:
The point was over I believe so it is a moment to relax. I imagine making line calls is concentrating intently and you just cannot do that hour after hour. So in a moment when there is not an expectation of a ball coming at you at a decent velocity, I see no reason for the person to be on alert for it.
So no your take is pure BS.
It's not really about being alert though. It would be instinctive and picked up peripherally. if things were still operating at the right level for the job.
Lines people or officials can be struck by a ball during play and there is no breach of the rules. But for a player to recklessly strike the ball so that it injures an official or spectator when no point is being played is a breach of the rules that requires an automatic default. Apart from the fact it is dangerous, it is a rule relating to the code of sportsmanship, which many here who are not tennis players don't grasp. It is not a requirement for officials to have to defend themselves from ball abuse.
Brite Bart wrote:
rojo wrote:
Fair or foul? He clearly didn't mean to hit her
Rojo once again venturing into a subject he knows nothing about.
This is clear. DQ, possible suspension, loss of points. Right before he hit the woman, he hit another ball in the same fashion and nearly clipped a camera man.
Stay in your lane bro'.
Stay in my lane? I guarantee you I know more about tennis about you. My first two jobs after college were for professional tennis tours.
rojo wrote:
Brite Bart wrote:
Rojo once again venturing into a subject he knows nothing about.
This is clear. DQ, possible suspension, loss of points. Right before he hit the woman, he hit another ball in the same fashion and nearly clipped a camera man.
Stay in your lane bro'.
Stay in my lane? I guarantee you I know more about tennis about you. My first two jobs after college were for professional tennis tours.
Then how come you're incredibly naive to this situation?
Armstronglivs wrote:
Frankely Speaking wrote:
It's not really about being alert though. It would be instinctive and picked up peripherally. if things were still operating at the right level for the job.
Lines people or officials can be struck by a ball during play and there is no breach of the rules. But for a player to recklessly strike the ball so that it injures an official or spectator when no point is being played is a breach of the rules that requires an automatic default. Apart from the fact it is dangerous, it is a rule relating to the code of sportsmanship, which many here who are not tennis players don't grasp. It is not a requirement for officials to have to defend themselves from ball abuse.
They should however have a vision test to check for blindness.
dudes and dudesses,
total respect to cops, referees, officials, and the like.
but the deal is to make fair play,
not to be a power monger.
if i be king, i back my officials to the max.
bit if they want to be the deciding factor, and exercise power beyond fair play, well, i banish them to the dungeons.
god forbid i get that power.
Foul. She looked like she was shot. It's a tennis ball not a rock.
She's supposed to be able to tell if a 120mph ball is in or out but she can't see one coming at 40mph toward her face?
Her peripheral vision sucks lol.
It's 2020 tho so you know she's going to sue. Traumatized.
Frankely Speaking wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
Lines people or officials can be struck by a ball during play and there is no breach of the rules. But for a player to recklessly strike the ball so that it injures an official or spectator when no point is being played is a breach of the rules that requires an automatic default. Apart from the fact it is dangerous, it is a rule relating to the code of sportsmanship, which many here who are not tennis players don't grasp. It is not a requirement for officials to have to defend themselves from ball abuse.
They should however have a vision test to check for blindness.
I'd like to see you duck a ball struck forcefully by the world number one player that you don't know is coming at you.
VroomVroom wrote:
Foul. She looked like she was shot. It's a tennis ball not a rock.
She's supposed to be able to tell if a 120mph ball is in or out but she can't see one coming at 40mph toward her face?
Her peripheral vision sucks lol.
It's 2020 tho so you know she's going to sue. Traumatized.
Play was over. She wasn't expecting a ball to be struck in her direction. You are guessing at its speed - he whacked it. A tennis ball to the throat, on the full, would be like a punch. But you likely don't play tennis at any serious level or you would know this.
I don't think this foul.
can anybody tell me which tennis shoes did novak use i also wanted to buy those shoes.
He was wearing the Nike Killshot. Fortunately they did not prove to be lethal in this case.
Armstronglivs wrote:
But you likely don't play tennis at any serious level or you would know this.
Neither do you.
But you are LRC's chief epidemiologist, race relations expert, doping expert, and now tennis expert.
This is crap. If I was a ball boy or a lines judge and one of the all time great tennis players accidentally hit me with a ball, I would be the happiest person alive.
Those people who work there do it for free and see it as a huge honor.
If an all time great hit me (assuming it wasn't serious, which this isn't), I would be so excited as not only would the player actually pay 2 sheets about me, which they otherwise wouldn't, but I would have hopped right back up and said, no worries, I am not flopper. Let's win this tourney!
I would have loved to be given the opportunity to save an all time greats tennis players chance at winning a major by telling everyone, ,no harm no foul.
But this woman, no fault of her own, was probably more shocked than anything.
So by the rules, it is fair, but it is was me, very foul! How many times in your life will you get to save a great players chance at making history. NEVER!
iheartyolo18 wrote:
This is crap. If I was a ball boy or a lines judge and one of the all time great tennis players accidentally hit me with a ball, I would be the happiest person alive.
Those people who work there do it for free and see it as a huge honor.
If an all time great hit me (assuming it wasn't serious, which this isn't), I would be so excited as not only would the player actually pay 2 sheets about me, which they otherwise wouldn't, but I would have hopped right back up and said, no worries, I am not flopper. Let's win this tourney!
I would have loved to be given the opportunity to save an all time greats tennis players chance at winning a major by telling everyone, ,no harm no foul.
But this woman, no fault of her own, was probably more shocked than anything.
So by the rules, it is fair, but it is was me, very foul! How many times in your life will you get to save a great players chance at making history. NEVER!
No offense but you are a jock sniffer. I would NEVER permit a clown like Joker to disrespect and physically abuse me. For you it would be an honor as you stated.
Thelonesomeloser wrote:
No offense but you are a jock sniffer. I would NEVER permit a clown like Joker to disrespect and physically abuse me. For you it would be an honor as you stated.
Who said anything about permitting. I didn't see where I said, please Mr. Jock, hit me with a tennis ball.
I said if they ACCIDENTALLY did it.
It would be an honor to be a line judge at one of the top 3 players of all time and an honor to forgive his mistake (assuming no actual malice or serious injury occurred) so he or she could make history.
Now, let me sniff my jocks in peace! :)
Armstronglivs wrote:
He should be commended for losing his temper and carelessly striking a lineswoman in the neck with a ball? And you call yourself a "tennis connoisseur".
1. He didn't lose his temper. He did a simple 'squeeze & discard' which tennis players do all the time before serving when they feel they have too many balls on them.
2. The strike was anything but careless. His mistake if you can even call it that was mistaking the lineswoman for the ball boy/girl.
3. Where was the lineswoman looking? She was in the middle of the tennis court, but was she paying attention? Apparently not. Maybe she showed up at the wrong location. Her theatrics suggests having employment at Broadway. Not that far away when you think about it.
rojo wrote:
Brite Bart wrote:
Rojo once again venturing into a subject he knows nothing about.
This is clear. DQ, possible suspension, loss of points. Right before he hit the woman, he hit another ball in the same fashion and nearly clipped a camera man.
Stay in your lane bro'.
Stay in my lane? I guarantee you I know more about tennis about you. My first two jobs after college were for professional tennis tours.
yeah and your current job is Jurnolist
Armstronglivs wrote:
Frankely Speaking wrote:
They should however have a vision test to check for blindness.
I'd like to see you duck a ball struck forcefully by the world number one player that you don't know is coming at you.
A the pace he hit it Helen Keller could have returned it.