Is Sprem getting shafted?

[pound cat]

Millions and millions of third set tie-breks. You must be very tired in the league. However, there have been a number of recorded incidents in ATP tennis where a player has lost track of the tie-break score (Safin/Feder for example) but this could have something to do with the intensity of play at this level. Interestingly each player can replay each point of every game in match, but I've never heard anyone talk about each point in a tie-break.

[David Pavlich]

How many times do you think a player sees a shot in that is called out and accepts the bad call? I remember seeing Todd Martin and Carlos Moya overturn calls and give a point to their opponent. Moya was playing Corretja but I forget who Todd was playing. I'm sure some of you have seen other examples, but I can assure you that it's rare.

Is there that much difference between what has been alleged about Sprem and what happens during a match such as I have mentioned?

David

Originally Posted by David Pavlich

How many times do you think a player sees a shot in that is called out and accepts the bad call? I remember seeing Todd Martin and Carlos Moya overturn calls and give a point to their opponent. Moya was playing Corretja but I forget who Todd was playing. I'm sure some of you have seen other examples, but I can assure you that it's rare.

Is there that much difference between what has been alleged about Sprem and what happens during a match such as I have mentioned?

David

I've seen Moya give points to his opponents many times, but Moya is a top ATP player and a former champion/#1... Sprem is trying to win her first title and shes only 19 (meaning shes a kid).. That may be the reason why she didn't say anything.. SHe was given a free point when she was down.. She took.

The funny thing about this is.. I was watching the live scores from work.. ANd i knew something was up with the scores because it showed sprem serving 3 times in a row during the tiebreaker.. I just thought it was a mistake in the internet scoring

[Ronaldo]

Like it or don't like it, they best learn to love it because Sprem truly waxes that .................., two times

[Ronaldo]

Sharapova truly was everyone's huckleberry

[PJVA]

This thing was ridiculous. How can anyone say that they knew what Sprem knew ? I watched that point several times and it appeard that she was confused on who was to serve next because she took two serves on the ad side and then expected to take her turn on the deuce side, but then the score was odd so it looked like at that point Sprem didn't know what to do. Then Venus served, and in effect Sprem lost her turn to serve on the deuce side.

Why would anyone say that Sprem knew of the score mistake as if it were impossible not to know? Venus didn't know the score and she was the veteran player and former champ?

I find it very wrong of Roddick to comment on Sprem. How many times has Roddick called an opponent's ball out when it was good and then he gets huffy with the linesperson who called it good? How noble and honest is that? Roddick shouldn't judge other people and toot his own horn.