Mixed doubles, suicidal ladies, and feeling guilty for not feeling guilty

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

Remember a middle aged beginner who insisted on playing with us bunch of us intermediates. She was a journalist with political connections so the owner of the academy was reluctant to tell her off and begged us to accommodate her until he found a solution. So...she insisted on standing right behind the service line to receive my serves. I cast one sympathetic glance at her partner and just went all out with fast and flat serves. Her racquet didn't move an inch as the ball passed her. And the amazing part was in spite of missing all these serves, she wouldn't adjust her receiving position. Maybe she thought she could somehow learn to return it...or, really, God knows what she was thinking or whether she tried to think! One day during drills, she was picking up balls close to the net even as one of the guys had started hitting off the coach's feeds. I think you can put two and two together and guess what may have transpired! But, I say with no remorse or guilt, good riddance! She was the most unpleasant person to have to play with.

"Suicidal" implies awareness, something this person clearly lacked.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

"Suicidal" implies awareness, something this person clearly lacked.

My coach had asked her once whether she was playing tennis for fitness and she said, no, to become a player. Guess she learnt from the greatest of all and wanted to SABR like Fedr.

 

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

My coach had asked her once whether she was playing tennis for fitness and she said, no, to become a player. Guess she learnt from the greatest of all and wanted to SABR like Fedr.

Did her name start with an "R"? If so, it could be "Suicidal Attack by R...".

 

[Dolgopolov85]

Did her name start with an "R"? If so, it could be "Suicidal Attack by R...".

Might have been. Don't remember her name. She never bothered to introduce herself by name. Maybe she thought she needed no introduction.