McLovin
Legend
Played in my 2nd 4.5 40+ league match this past Sunday. In my 1st match, one of our courts was 'timed out' after 1 1/2 hours. On the drive to our 2nd match, me and my partner were discussing timed matches, the fact that neither of us liked them, and also that we were not aware that our matches were actually timed (the club we play at is essentially open only for our matches...when we're finished, they close up).
So, in our match this past Sunday, we lost the 1st set 5-7. We were up 5-4 (on serve) in the 2nd. I looked over at the clock and saw it was almost 7:30. I did the math, and realized if we broke for the set, we'd be tied in sets & games, and was wondering what would happen. Well, we didn't break, so it was 5-all.
It was my turn to serve, and I was waiting for someone to call 'time'. No one did, so we played on. I held, (6-5), then they held. We played a tiebreaker, which we won. So, now the score is 5-7, 7-6. By those numbers, if they had called 'time', we would have lost as they had won 1 more game than us.
We changed sides, and they asked "10-point tiebreaker?"". We said "yes", and we won it 10-7.
Now, first, I would have been fine if they had called 'time' for the win at any moment, but it was an extremely fun match, and neither me nor my partner wanted to stop playing. Both of our opponents were good players, and more importantly, good sports. Line calls were very forgiving on both sides, we complimented each other's shots, and we were joking w/ each other throughout the match & on changeovers.
But...I can't help but wonder if our captain wouldn't have called 'time' if we had won the 1st set.
So, who's responsibility it is to call 'time'? Were we not good sports because we didn't' say anything? Again, it was never stated at the beginning of either of our matches that they were 'timed'. But, knowing that last week's #1 doubles court timed out, we did have 'precedent'.
So, in our match this past Sunday, we lost the 1st set 5-7. We were up 5-4 (on serve) in the 2nd. I looked over at the clock and saw it was almost 7:30. I did the math, and realized if we broke for the set, we'd be tied in sets & games, and was wondering what would happen. Well, we didn't break, so it was 5-all.
It was my turn to serve, and I was waiting for someone to call 'time'. No one did, so we played on. I held, (6-5), then they held. We played a tiebreaker, which we won. So, now the score is 5-7, 7-6. By those numbers, if they had called 'time', we would have lost as they had won 1 more game than us.
We changed sides, and they asked "10-point tiebreaker?"". We said "yes", and we won it 10-7.
Now, first, I would have been fine if they had called 'time' for the win at any moment, but it was an extremely fun match, and neither me nor my partner wanted to stop playing. Both of our opponents were good players, and more importantly, good sports. Line calls were very forgiving on both sides, we complimented each other's shots, and we were joking w/ each other throughout the match & on changeovers.
But...I can't help but wonder if our captain wouldn't have called 'time' if we had won the 1st set.
So, who's responsibility it is to call 'time'? Were we not good sports because we didn't' say anything? Again, it was never stated at the beginning of either of our matches that they were 'timed'. But, knowing that last week's #1 doubles court timed out, we did have 'precedent'.
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