The Etiquette of Let Calls in Tennis
Last Wednesday, the post “Who Can Call a Let,” highlighted a controversial situation from a US Open doubles match involving CoCo Gauff and Jessica Pegula.Read More
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Last Wednesday, the post “Who Can Call a Let,” highlighted a controversial situation from a US Open doubles match involving CoCo Gauff and Jessica Pegula.Read More
7 responsesCoCo Gauff and Jessica Pegula teamed up to play doubles at this year’s US Open. They were bounced out of the tournament in a contentiousRead More
1 responseIn his epic win over Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16 of the US Open this year, Nick Kyrgios found an inventive (and dumb)Read More
One downside of playing professional tennis in the modern era (or so I am told) is that lapses of judgement are recorded and amplified onRead More
1 responseWhen electronic line review systems were first deployed in professional tennis, it was pretty common to see rankings lists of players who were the mostRead More
Electronic line calling systems are operated under rules that limit the number of challenges that can be issued. When these systems were first unveiled, processingRead More
Every once in a while I stumble across a subtle aspect of a rule that was previously unknown to me. This week I learned thatRead More
The game that evolved into modern tennis was invented in 1874. To stick a pin in the state of technology at that time, it wasRead More
Last week two players had to be physically separated at the German Open during a dispute over clay court line calls. Using that as aRead More
“Electronic Review Procedures” is the last section in Appendix VI of the ITF Rules of Tennis. In the coming weeks, we will delve into theRead More
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