Talk Tennis - View Single Post - Horrors of the 2011 Orange Bowl Stringing Service

equinox · 12-10-2011, 08:42 PM

Partially the players fault, teach them to never rely on unknown stringers and keep that 12-15 racquets strung coming into the event.

The supplied stringing service does sound like disorganised hell, but not unexpected for a new event location. Not even the stringers fault. Lack of planning and oversight from the event organisers. Should've brought in qualified MRT with tournament experience to oversee the stringing room? operations. Then have him use his contacts to select a few experienced proshop employees and dedicated multi lingual front desk service attendant to free the few stringers from mundane common tasks.

Old adage comes back, get what you pay for.

Was there a language barrier?

12-10-2011, 08:42 PM	#26
equinox Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cocos Islands, WA Posts: 3,208	Partially the players fault, teach them to never rely on unknown stringers and keep that 12-15 racquets strung coming into the event. The supplied stringing service does sound like disorganised hell, but not unexpected for a new event location. Not even the stringers fault. Lack of planning and oversight from the event organisers. Should've brought in qualified MRT with tournament experience to oversee the stringing room? operations. Then have him use his contacts to select a few experienced proshop employees and dedicated multi lingual front desk service attendant to free the few stringers from mundane common tasks. Old adage comes back, get what you pay for. Was there a language barrier? __________________ Raonic: "The walls are a bit low, so you sort of think you don't want to hit anyone in the face."