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Guys,
I played recently in a singles tournament. I played this guy who is very good in the baseline. However sometime during the match, I gave him underhand serves. I won almost 90% of my underhand serves. He got pissed off and said "dont give me those dinky shots" at the end of the game. He slammed his racket so hard in the floor and broke it.
I won the match by making drop shots and lob ...and not to forget those underhand serves. He was caught off-guard thinking what kind of shots will I make and i took the lead. Now i feel guilty asking myself if what i did was right. I will not win if i traded shots with him from the baseline. I just changed my strategy by mixing up my shots, making him guess. What do you think? Its not illegal to give underhand serves to an opponent right? He was pissed because I did not gave him the kind of shots he like. When im returing his serve, i returned with drop shots and then maling lobs afterwards. That is all i did. Its not the usual power game but its like playing BJ King style... not much on power but on placements.
What do you think?
Thanks
I played recently in a singles tournament. I played this guy who is very good in the baseline. However sometime during the match, I gave him underhand serves. I won almost 90% of my underhand serves. He got pissed off and said "dont give me those dinky shots" at the end of the game. He slammed his racket so hard in the floor and broke it.
I won the match by making drop shots and lob ...and not to forget those underhand serves. He was caught off-guard thinking what kind of shots will I make and i took the lead. Now i feel guilty asking myself if what i did was right. I will not win if i traded shots with him from the baseline. I just changed my strategy by mixing up my shots, making him guess. What do you think? Its not illegal to give underhand serves to an opponent right? He was pissed because I did not gave him the kind of shots he like. When im returing his serve, i returned with drop shots and then maling lobs afterwards. That is all i did. Its not the usual power game but its like playing BJ King style... not much on power but on placements.
What do you think?
Thanks