From time to time we find a tennis rule that is absolutely ridiculous and totally unenforceable...
Here is one for you...
Source: USTA Tennis Officiating: Procedures and Techniques 2018 (Distributed to all USTA officials.
Rule: Page 5
B. Roving umpire procedures.
iii. Overrules - A Roving Umpire should never overrule an extremely close ball.
1. Players are playing under The Code and are expected to give their opponents the benefit of the doubt. Therefore, a Roving Umpire should be reluctant to call a ball out that has been played as good.
2. The overrule of an out ball that has been played as good may be made only when a Roving Umpire is stationed on court.
Let me assure you--if you are roving and start to call balls out for the players when they have played the ball as good is going to create ABSOLUTE BEDLAM!
It may be a rule but it is a rule that should be ignored and hopefully removed from the manual in the near future.
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