Just heard this one and thought you might like it...
SCENARIO
In a doubles match with a chair umpire, Player A hurries to the net to get a short shot. The extra ball was laying at the bottom of the net and obviously touching the net.
Player A returned the shot and his foot touched the ball that was touching the net. The chair umpire was watching closely and the player did not touch the net but did touch the ball.
Is this a loss of point or nothing???
7 comments:
Since the dead ball "becomes part of the court", I guess nothing should happen.
I don't think there is cross-contamination between the ball and the net. Foot would have been at least a ball's length away from the net or did the ball push the net back from the original position more than a ball's width? Even if it did, foot did not touch net. Nothing
Nothing, nothing at all. This situation is not covered definitively by the rules, and I don't see how an interpretation could be stretched to imply this is an illegal net touch.
I would say nothing.
Explain how an erroneous let call innMen's tennis can unleash the rathe of God!!!
Just as a ball left on the court becomes part of the court, a ball touching the net becomes part of the net....it is a touch.
SMH
If a ball on the court becomes part of the court, how does it also become part of the net? It's status as part of the court has already been determined. As the net touches part of the court, the court is not part of the net. No?
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