An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
It rained during the early rounds of the US Open this year. I was completely disinterested in the two matches in progress on the courts in the covered stadiums at that time. Rather than switching over, I left the stream rolling on the rainy court. It was peaceful. For inexplicable reasons, I enjoy watching rain fall on a tennis court — as long as I am not the one actually waiting to play.
On the day of opening play in the US Open this year, the USTA announced a plan to use the tournament as a platform to promote awareness of key initiatives to promote and develop the growth of tennis in the United States. In addition to raising the visibility and awareness of social issues, “Rally to Rebuild,” “Net Generation,” and “Tennis Industry United,” were featured.
In one of the most shocking developments to occur at Fiend at Court to date, I find myself rounding up part three of a series on tennis dress codes. What started me down this path was a somewhat rare rule on tennis attire that appears in the local league regulations for the Capital Area Tennis Association (CATA) in Austin, Texas.
I own more all-white tennis clothes than might reasonably be anticipated. Given my druthers, I rarely wear white. It is a simple matter of economics. My natural ability to get food and ink stains on white things makes it prohibitively expensive to be constantly replacing those items. At the same time, I revere the all white dress code as an indelible part of the history of the tennis.
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During the “double bubble” tournaments of the recently completed Western and Southern Open and US Open, I could not help but to notice the number of male players who were frequently lounging about their player suite area without shirts.
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I rarely sit down when I play tennis. I have found that for me, any benefits of rest from sitting are negated by the fact that if I stop moving I tend to stiffen up. Besides, it it embarrassing when I have to ask my opponent for help getting back up.
When watching the Western and Southern Open and the US Open over the past three weeks, I could not help but to notice the blue ice chests that were placed adjacent to the player seating area on each court. It took a little internet sleuthing, but I am reasonably certain that the device in question is an IcyBreeze portable air conditioner.
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It is hard for me to imagine that this news would have escaped the narrow niche of tennis enthusiasts who follow this site, but just in case, there was a fairly significant story line that emerged from the US Open last week. Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the tournament after hitting a ball in anger that injured a court official.
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This is the final installment examining a question that was surfaced in the Facebook group for USTA tournament players in Texas. A rule was proposed to the Capital Area Tennis Association (CATA) in Austin that would restrict players from captaining multiple teams within the same league.