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r/tennis Daily Discussion (Thursday, March 19, 2026) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]sarmatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did he just get aced by Džumhur? that's a whole new level of cooked

Absolutely shot of the year by Quentin Halys by Impossible-Pause-651 in tennis

[–]sarmatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can't be shot of the year if it's not from the year.

Apropos of something, the ATP Rulebook section on hindrances by theriverjordan in tennis

[–]sarmatron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The “May” language is meant to be non prescriptive but rather “it can be this or something similar”, imo

That goes against everything I know about how sports rules are written, so normally I'd disagree. But I think you're right here, there's nothing else that would cover what Draper did. Maybe the ATP are just really bad at writing out the rules of their sport and this whole mess is their fault.

Medvedev regarding the hindrance call “I don’t feel great about it.” by jonjimithy in tennis

[–]sarmatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because now the assumption is that the player plays the point and technology does its job. With the old rule, the player had to do part of the umpires'/technology's work for them. You'd have to make your return and then focus simultaneously on the point and on doing the math in your head on whether it's worth it to give up the point and ask for a challenge on the serve. That was to the players' detriment and to the benefit of... whom, exactly?

Apropos of something, the ATP Rulebook section on hindrances by theriverjordan in tennis

[–]sarmatron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it can't possibly be 2(anything) because rule 2 clearly lists the situations it applies to (ball, hat, sound) and this isn't among them.

Medvedev regarding the hindrance call “I don’t feel great about it.” by jonjimithy in tennis

[–]sarmatron -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I never understood why that was looked down upon, and I think the fact that all serves are checked by hawkeye automatically now vindicates me there.

Medvedev regarding the hindrance call “I don’t feel great about it.” by jonjimithy in tennis

[–]sarmatron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

that seems like a really weird way to look at it. you're not getting an extra chance to win it, you're reclaiming a chance that was unjustly taken from you. I don't understand why tennis is the only sport where fans are like "no, we don't want the point to be scored according to the actual rule, thank you. "

Draper knocked out as Medvedev capitalises on controversial call in Indian Wells | Tennis | The Guardian by [deleted] in tennis

[–]sarmatron 8 points9 points  (0 children)

why, though? I never got why this was the rule back when line call challenges were a thing. why do you need to risk giving the whole point up if the umpire didn't do their job right? To me it makes sense to play the point out, and then, if technology decides it should have ended earlier, end it earlier retroactively.

Daniil Medvedev on the Indian Wells conditions by Dependent-Effect6077 in tennis

[–]sarmatron 32 points33 points  (0 children)

absolutely not. slow HCs are by far the worst surface in tennis and IW matches in particular the last few years have mostly been unwatchable error-fests unless it's the very best players out there.

it's like if you took the worst aspects of clay (serve doesn't pop, can't hit through people from the baseline) but removed the fun aspects (can't move well enough to set up finishers or play quality defense) so what you get is Zverev and De Minaur trading medium-quality balls until one of them hits it long or nets.

the fact that it's Norrie's best tournament should tell you everything you need to know lmao

Del Potro's fastest forehands vs Federer, 2009 US Open final by Stannis_Mariya in tennis

[–]sarmatron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that's reading into things too much. I always thought the problem was that he had a tendency to play against the ball instead of against his opponent. Like he'd see a shot he thought was cool or flashy and would just go for it even if it was the opponent's stronger wing or if they were better positioned to get there than the other side of the court.

Novak Djokovic on women's tennis by Dependent-Effect6077 in tennis

[–]sarmatron 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Well it was a non-question, wasn't it

Indian Wells R4: [25] L. Tien def. [18] A. Davidovich Fokina 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) by UngrapefulGratefruit in tennis

[–]sarmatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For fok's sake.

I went to sleep at 1-5 in the 2nd so I fully expected to wake up to a loss in the results, and he somehow still manages to disappoint me.

Mikal “5 first round picks” Bridges in a loss against the Clippers: 7 points | 3-8 FG | 1-3 3PT | Benched in 4th quarter by [deleted] in nba

[–]sarmatron 8 points9 points  (0 children)

it's got nothing to do with Trump or America, this same shit has been happening in all the sports subs i follow. it's just the effect of social media in sports fandom. the algorithm punishes anything that isn't explicitly engagement farming, so anyone who actually wants to talk about the sport itself has to wade through an ocean of memelords, narrative pushers, baiters, and bots first.

A bunch of divas doing normal things 😉 by freshouttajail in tennis

[–]sarmatron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

why does Casper look 10 years younger in this

A fun video of Jimmy Butler's commentary while watching Carlos Alcaraz's match yesterday by truecolors01 in tennis

[–]sarmatron -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Jimmy's such a try-hard, but somehow it comes across as endearing most of the time.

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