davidtennis123
Semi-Pro
Never really had a situation like this before. Last night, I'm playing a match and I can tell my opponent is getting annoyed with my line calls. Not totally sure why, since I always called it in if I wasn't 100% sure, but he was getting annoyed. There was one point, during a crucial point in the second set, he hits a high ball that plops down just out, but clearly out, and he questioned me, but I stuck with the call because I was 100% sure it was out.
After the match, which he won, he confronts me and is very condescending and telling me that I am supposed to be giving him the benefit of the doubt and only calling balls out if I'm 100% sure. He was particularly upset that I, on a couple occasions, was far from where the ball landed and it was very hard from my vantage point to see where the ball landed. So, I asked him since he got a better view if he thought it was in or out since I didn't really see, knowing that I was calling it in unless he told me it was out (I've asked a bunch of opponents in the past in this type of scenario, and it's never been a problem). In the past, there have been similar situations for me where I've called my own balls out that were way out, but my opponent couldn't see where it landed due to his vantage point. So I only ask because this situation occurred and if my opponent said it was in, that he couldn't tell, or he thought it was out but wasn't sure, I was going to of course call it in.
The other thing he was upset about is one time he hit a close serve that I called in, but he missed the next ball because, from my perspective, it looked like he stopped play because he thought the serve was out. I asked him after the point, because it looked like he stopped play, if he thought that serve was out (even though I called it in). He clearly didn't like that. He essentially told me after the match that I was calling borderline serves out, which is patently false since I gave him the benefit of the doubt for every call that I couldn't clearly see.
And so, after that crucial second set point, which I guess was the tipping point for him, he just really came after me after the match. Someone in the past has come after me for not liking how I played (with moon balls and "dinks") but not one has ever been this ferocious coming after me about line calls and really questioning my integrity. So, we got in an argument after the match, I tried to explain because it did sound like he had the wrong idea of my intentions in various situations, but I eventually just told him have a good night and walked off.
I know the rules and I would never cheat someone. I've never been accused of hooking before and I thought it was really wrong of him to come at me so hard. Of course there were calls he made that I thought were questionable, I just didn't say anything because I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. How do y'all handle situations like this? It's really turned me off from wanting to play anymore.
After the match, which he won, he confronts me and is very condescending and telling me that I am supposed to be giving him the benefit of the doubt and only calling balls out if I'm 100% sure. He was particularly upset that I, on a couple occasions, was far from where the ball landed and it was very hard from my vantage point to see where the ball landed. So, I asked him since he got a better view if he thought it was in or out since I didn't really see, knowing that I was calling it in unless he told me it was out (I've asked a bunch of opponents in the past in this type of scenario, and it's never been a problem). In the past, there have been similar situations for me where I've called my own balls out that were way out, but my opponent couldn't see where it landed due to his vantage point. So I only ask because this situation occurred and if my opponent said it was in, that he couldn't tell, or he thought it was out but wasn't sure, I was going to of course call it in.
The other thing he was upset about is one time he hit a close serve that I called in, but he missed the next ball because, from my perspective, it looked like he stopped play because he thought the serve was out. I asked him after the point, because it looked like he stopped play, if he thought that serve was out (even though I called it in). He clearly didn't like that. He essentially told me after the match that I was calling borderline serves out, which is patently false since I gave him the benefit of the doubt for every call that I couldn't clearly see.
And so, after that crucial second set point, which I guess was the tipping point for him, he just really came after me after the match. Someone in the past has come after me for not liking how I played (with moon balls and "dinks") but not one has ever been this ferocious coming after me about line calls and really questioning my integrity. So, we got in an argument after the match, I tried to explain because it did sound like he had the wrong idea of my intentions in various situations, but I eventually just told him have a good night and walked off.
I know the rules and I would never cheat someone. I've never been accused of hooking before and I thought it was really wrong of him to come at me so hard. Of course there were calls he made that I thought were questionable, I just didn't say anything because I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. How do y'all handle situations like this? It's really turned me off from wanting to play anymore.
