Some of our readers sent in these two interesting scenarios. Everyone is welcome to share their views and rulings in the comments section.
SCENARIO ONE
In a Division I men's singles match, player A asks for a Medical Time Out. His player comes to the bench, the trainer begins evaluation/treatment, and the official begins his stopwatch. Then, player B motions for his trainer to come to the court. The trainer then begins treatment on player B while player A is also receiving treatment. At the end of the three minutes the official announces, "Time" and both trainers leave the court.
Who is charged with an MTO/point penalty? Player A? Both players? Can player B have an MTO later in the match?
SCENARIO TWO
In the 3rd game of the 2nd set, players realize they have served out of turn.
Player A had served the first two games of the second set. The third game with player B serving is complete when the error is discovered.
What do you do?
3 comments:
Scenario 1: Both get Pt Penalties, Rules are Rules
Scenario 2: Service order remains altered. Played in good faith Player A serves Game 4, if Player B served Game 3
Scenario 1: the chair should have asked player 2 if he was taking an MTO vs just getting treatment on a changeover. Depending on the response, the chair should either instruct player 2 to stop getting treatment after the normal rest period had expired. If the player asked for an MTO, then both players would be assessed a point penalty, to be enforced at the start of the next game.
If official asks and player B says he needs MTO then both are timed, get 3 minutes and therefore both assessed MTO for match + 1 penalty point by rule. From here, both only allowed odd game change over or set break treatment.
Otherwise Player B's trainer should have been stopped at 60secs or 90 secs while Player A's MTO went the 3 minutes or until trainer said done. If this was the case then Player B can still have his/her 1 MTO.
Mike R
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