Shootout Scoreboard for Tie-Breakers
The ATP has been experimenting with an alternate way to represent the score during tie-break games. Rather than only numerically indicating each player’s score, theRead More
1 responseKarma is a… well, you know.
In April of 2023, the post “Escalating the Tiebreak Issue” described how I intentionally (and obnoxiously) escalated a dispute over the short-set tie-break game usedRead More
1 responseA Case for Coman… Even for Singles
Over the Easter weekend, I played in the HTA/RBC Wealth Management Houston Open. As my opponent and I were handed the balls, the tournament deskRead More
4 responsesA Tale of Two Suspension Point Systems
Until the past two months, I didn’t fully appreciate that the USTA has implemented two independent suspension point systems. Leagues and Tournaments have separate scheduleRead More
The Big Picture: What Really Happened at Tri-Level
Over the past month and a half, I wrote a series of 21 posts about an incident that occurred earlier this year at the TomRead More
2 responsesMatch Retirements and Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Earlier this year, a doubles team retired from a match at the Tom Fey Tri-Level National Invitational Championships. It was deemed to be an actRead More
1 responseReporting Misconduct at USTA League Championships
Believe it or not, we are very close to the end of a deep-dive exploration of the rules implications surrounding an incident that occurred earlierRead More
Applicability of the USTA League Suspension Point System
Last Sunday, I shared the observation that the USTA League Regulations do not assign authority for the assessment of suspension points in the same wayRead More
Officiating Responsibility and Authority at USTA Championships
Fun fact: The USTA League National Regulations don’t outline any responsibilities or authority for the Referee at any level of competition. Yesterday, in our ongoingRead More
Filing a Grievance at USTA League Championships
Plot twist! Today, we are taking a look at something I am pretty sure did not happen at the Tom Fey Tri-Level National Invitational ChampionshipsRead More