New balls please

smoggysteve
smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
edited February 2017 in The cake stop
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/tennis/38572432

Funniest thing I've seen in ages!

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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    Last I heard the tie was heading for a deciding rubber. What a way to lose for your team!
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Lad is only 17. Ball could have gone anywhere else and he maybe gets penalised a point.
    C'est la vie as they say in some parts of canada
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    Looks like he was going to lose the match anyway. Hitting a ball boy/girl would have been worse.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    seanoconn wrote:
    Looks like he was going to lose the match anyway. Hitting a ball boy/girl would have been worse.

    Tim Henman did that in a doubles match at Wimbledon (I think). And then there was the Queens final where a player managed to give a linesman a bloody shin by kicking the advertising board on his chair - probably the clearest case of for a disqualification I've seen. He still got defended by his fan on social media though!

    A hard lesson for a young player, especially we representing his country rather than playing for himself.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Saw it live ... yes stupid and reckless and irresponsible. But what were the odds of actually hitting the umpire in the eye??

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