How do you handle a cheating opponent?

[Ronaldo]

Originally Posted by vudal

This is a tough one for me. Should I cheat back? or should I just let it go and be victim of abuse?

You wanna know how you do it? Here's how, they hook you, you hook them twice. He makes a bad call, you take it right back. That's the TW way, and that's how you get Justice! Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?

[SB]

I usually stare them down, and that's about it. Mainly I feel sorry for them. If your life sucks so much that you have to cheat in an amateur tennis match ... well, whatever.

If it's a team thing, though, it's different. I haven't called a line judge, but I've threatened to. That worked.

[freelancer]

I have a friend that handles is in a way that I think is fair. The first time he thinks he gets a bad line call he asks, "are you sure?" When they say , "yes" I says, "Ok, that's 1." Next time he he says, "Ok, that's 2." I've never seen him get to 3 before, so I'm not sure what happens, but it makes the other guy think really hard about calling that 3rd ball out. That and it gives the guy 2 calls worth of "human nature calls."

[simi]

Originally Posted by freelancer

I have a friend that handles is in a way that I think is fair. The first time he thinks he gets a bad line call he asks, "are you sure?" When they say , "yes" I says, "Ok, that's 1." Next time he he says, "Ok, that's 2." I've never seen him get to 3 before, so I'm not sure what happens, but it makes the other guy think really hard about calling that 3rd ball out. That and it gives the guy 2 calls worth of "human nature calls."

Gamemanship at the highest level...but I like it. Talk about 'getting inside someone's head'.

[Raiden.Kaminari]

Hmmm ... by #3 I'm usually pegging the other player no matter where they run (or drop shotting them if they try to run).