Cindysphinx
G.O.A.T.
I think I found a little loophole in our league rules that would allow a player to retire from a match and still be declared the winner.
We play timed matches. If the match cannot be finished in the allotted time, there is an elaborate system for determining the winner. Say I win the first set 6-4. Say I am losing the second set 4-5 when time lapses. Since I won the first set and the second set wasn't completed and no one was winning by two games, I would be declared the winner.
Let's say there's still 10 minutes left and my opponent is serving for the second set. If she wins the second set to make it 6-4, 4-6, then we would start a third-set tie-breaker, and if that isn't dispositive then the winner would be the player whose team won the most games in the team match.
But there is something I could do to steal a victory. I could just retire after the first set or sometime before the second set is completed.
Those of you who play in leagues with timed matches, is there anything in your rules to prevent these sorts of shenanigans? What would happen if my opponent filed a grievance?
And just in case anyone is wondering, no, I'd never do such a thing. The idea came to me because my captain lost a timed match when she dropped the first set and then had set point in the second set when time lapsed. I thought she told me her opponent had retired at the last second, but it turns out I misunderstood and that didn't happen.
But it could have . . .
We play timed matches. If the match cannot be finished in the allotted time, there is an elaborate system for determining the winner. Say I win the first set 6-4. Say I am losing the second set 4-5 when time lapses. Since I won the first set and the second set wasn't completed and no one was winning by two games, I would be declared the winner.
Let's say there's still 10 minutes left and my opponent is serving for the second set. If she wins the second set to make it 6-4, 4-6, then we would start a third-set tie-breaker, and if that isn't dispositive then the winner would be the player whose team won the most games in the team match.
But there is something I could do to steal a victory. I could just retire after the first set or sometime before the second set is completed.
Those of you who play in leagues with timed matches, is there anything in your rules to prevent these sorts of shenanigans? What would happen if my opponent filed a grievance?
And just in case anyone is wondering, no, I'd never do such a thing. The idea came to me because my captain lost a timed match when she dropped the first set and then had set point in the second set when time lapsed. I thought she told me her opponent had retired at the last second, but it turns out I misunderstood and that didn't happen.
But it could have . . .
