What to do when a guy is cheap.

[heycal]

Originally Posted by Kabob190

let me get this straight, when you hit a ball and it hits the net chord and rolls on to your opponents court tennis etiquette says your supposed to apologize? never have i heard this before

No, it's not required. And I don't like this practice, and don't like to see the pros do it. I MIGHT "apologize" or feign sympathy if I won match point this way, but my general belief on net cord points is that it's all part of the game, so never apologize -- and never complain or whine when it happens to you.

[[ GTR ]]

Originally Posted by Kabob190

let me get this straight, when you hit a ball and it hits the net chord and rolls on to your opponents court tennis etiquette says your supposed to apologize? never have i heard this before

It's not a rule, it's just sportsmanship. When it happens, I don't make a big deal out of it.

[Kabob190]

i agree with heycal on this one, its part of the game. the net chord is a legal part of the game, though cheap its legal. i dont complain when it happens to me and when i win a point this way i dont apologize. i might say lucky to indicate that i know i caught a break on it

[[ GTR ]]

Originally Posted by Kabob190

i agree with heycal on this one, its part of the game. the net chord is a legal part of the game, though cheap its legal. i dont complain when it happens to me and when i win a point this way i dont apologize. i might say lucky to indicate that i know i caught a break on it

Yeah it's part of the game. If on a big point(match, set, break), your opponent's ball clips the net and wins the (match, set, break) without apologising...you just continue on without getting angry

[Kabob190]

ya, there is nothing to get angry about, well obviously you lost a big point but its not like your opponent won the point by calling an obviously good ball out. its legal and there is no reason, in my opinion, to get any more angry because you lost it because your opponent hit the net chord.

[zzzbrianxxx]

haha, this is so easy. You take the flat ball as soon as you notice it and actually hit it out of the court/fence. I'm completely serious. Don't flagrantly do it; just tap it over the fence, and go get another ball. You should have three. And why do you not have brand new balls when you are playing a high school varsity tennis match? We always do.

[larlarbd]

Originally Posted by [ GTR ]

I lost a high school match 6-7(5) against a guy who I would easily beat. I was winning 4-0 and then when he started being cheap I just lost it. On the 1st few games there was a point where I was at the net and he hit a pass that just missed the line, I was 100% sure it was out by about 2cm. I called out and then guy though I was cheating so in the next few games, he started doing the same. On aces, he says I hit lets when I was pretty sure the ball didn't touch the net. We played with 3 balls, 2 balls new and one flat one. He hit a miss hit that lost one ball.

We now have 2 balls, the flat one and a good one. When I recieve, I stand on the baseline and he serves the flat ball ON purpose and aces me.
You can't really tell which ball is flat from across the other side. So I went up to my coach and asked him if I could have another ball. I swapped it with the flat one and the guy asks me "Why did you switch?". OMG, why the f*ck would you want to play with a flat ball?

I can't believe I still lost the match and it cost us our team losing to their school.

I want to ask you guys, what would you do if you were in my position? Or share your experience with something similar.

This is gonna get stuck in your head - obviously the guy cdn't have beaten you without being cheap .
MY BEST ADVICE : Challenge the guy & play him again - lets see who wins . Fair & square . Tell him to call all the shots if he feels like it - then we will se what happens .

[AndrewD]

Kabob190 and heycal,

When in Rome, etc. If you're out here in Australia, acknowledging the net cord is part and parcel of tennis etiquette. It would reflect poorly on you if you didn't.

[heycal]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Kabob190 and heycal,

When in Rome, etc. If you're out here in Australia, acknowledging the net cord is part and parcel of tennis etiquette. It would reflect poorly on you if you didn't.

I don't care. My policy has always been to refuse to acknowledge net cords regardless of the country I play my matches in. If this disqualifies me for the Australian Open, so be it, but I will not bend my principles simply to curry favor with the hoi polloi in whatever locale I happen to be competing in that day.

Hey, wait a second. Isn't the one pro we all know of who doesn't acknowledge net cords Australian, a Mr. Hewitt?...