Bedene hitting camera person. No DQ

[Red Rick]

Rules are merely suggestions.

 

[BrokenForehand]

It’s not in the throat though, hit one in the throat could kill the person

 

[ohiostate124]

Right call to dq Novak. Get over it.

 

[alexio]

It’s not in the throat though, hit one in the throat could kill the person

where in the rules is written the difference about head, hand or throat?

 

[Jonesy]

They need to set the example. Djokovic needed a humble pie. Lot of players do the same and people watching home will follow suit.

Tennis is one of those sports where people go nuts with equipment and risk hurting people around, this needs to change even if only by a little.

 

[EllieK]

I thought bedene should have been defaulted and was very surprised he wasn’t TBH

 

[2nd Serve Ace]

Was a ricochet shot off the side of the frame.

Could have been DF but Novak's hit was more egregious.

 

[alexio]

exactly, it should've been dq, double standard, as usual

 

[EllieK]

Are you sure it was a ricochet? I may have to watch the replay. A ricochet you can’t control. You can control how you hit a ball

Was a ricochet shot off the side of the frame.

Could have been DF but Novak's hit was more egregious.

 

[PrinceMoron]

He has to change nationality every other week to escape the authorities


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[PilotPete]

Rules are merely suggestions.

Definitely true with regards to Nadal and Djokovic time wasting between points.

 

[it slipped out of my hand]

Rules are merely suggestions.

Agree the rules should probably be revised do that the rules or more objective and less subjective and influenced by interpretation. However, Disqualifying Djokovic was probably the right call

 

[Vlad_C]

It's a different standard.
We should start a movement, camera people lives matter.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

 

[SeeItHitIt]

All true

It’s not in the throat though, hit one in the throat could kill the person

calm down. This is like Fonzi jumping the shark in a leather jacket.... it is obvious that there was no anger or disregard and it did’t ‘kill‘ anyone, now did it? Player routinely slice Balls back to the kids after a long serve, for example- no one DQ’ed for that. We’re all happy that there was no real damage done to the linesman, but life is a dangerous sport. Even more so when you stand 21’ from the baseline with those ‘intentionally Wild’ 135mph serves.