US Open 2020

lostcat wrote: »

ah look, a lot of people (inc a few on here) don't like Djokovic and enjoy his various misfortunes, perhaps ocasionally overstating his intent in the process

but a linesperson shouldn't have to to continuously 'keep an eye' on a player in case they let fly with a loose ball! her reaction (i.e. shock) was a perfectly normal one from someone who had, out of the blu been hit in the throat by a missile.

I said that I was surprised that she didn't see the ball coming -> in her peripheral vision.

I didn't say that she should be watching the players.

She was hit but a 4 movement collapse did look a bit dramatic.

glasso wrote: »

are you over 75?

the ball was not going very quickly, at all.

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

:rolleyes:

You said Djokovics tap was more powerful than an average persons forehand.
So your forehand is 30-40km/hr is it ??

His backswing was less than a foot on a static tennis ball, you can't generate much power on that, its the laws of physics .
The ball looks like its beginning to drop in height just before it hits the judge ,thats how weak a shot it is.

It's so obvious in this thread which people actually play tennis. :pac:

From a quick Google the fastest the average 12 year old can throw a tennis ball is about the same as how hard Djokovic hit the ball. I'd recommend both of you find a 12 year old and have them throw a tennis ball at your throat as best they can from a similar distance and see how you feel afterwards. Better yet, try taking it in your, eh, private area (which Djokovic could easily have done as he wasn't looking) and see if you feel fine afterwards.

Besides, as other have said, it shouldn't matter how hard he hit it. It's not up to him to determine the pain threshold or reaction time of a line judge. What he did was dangerous and should be a default regardless of whether the line judge overreacted and was or was not in as much pain as she seemed to suggest. A two-legged tackle in football can completely miss the opposing player and still be considered a red card because it was reckless and dangerous.

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Myself and Glasso will have to challenge yourself and Rob2D to a game so .
Even with a bad back and dodgy knees I think we'd put up a decent showing.:)

Easily solved. :pac:
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glasso wrote: »

oh my gawd, not you... of all the most pointless posters on boards, it's the most pointless one of all.

Wow you really do like having an argument up until the point that someones starts arguing back don't you? Maybe stick to helping out the Facebook moms in the laptop forum so you can feel special if you can't handle anyone criticising your opinion after you have criticised someone elses?

glasso wrote: »

what 12 year olds throwing tennis balls has to do with anything I don't know or care

It's quite clear the point I was making. If you don't have a response to it, my suggestion is don't reply rather than whining like a child.

If you think you would not feel pain after been hit in your special area by a 40 km/hr tennis ball, good for you.

glasso wrote: »

Oh don't cry now.

At least I actually provide some useful advice not just being the boards waste of space / uber-tangent master

Excellent off tangent irrelevant reply. Reported.

And yes telling someone to go look on Amazon for a printer is incredibly helpful and insightful.

And don't worry I know where I can buy a 30 cent handwipe for my tears.

We're in a tennis forum, stick to the discussion at hand please. What would be your opinion if he had hit a guy in his special area instead at that speed?

glasso wrote: »

oh please - you jump in with irrelevant points and tangents on discussions that you aren't involved in at all all over boards (as here now)- look at the pure muck that you dragged people into on this Tennis forum yesterday evening for example - pages of pure drivel.

I wasn't in the tennis forum yesterday, but I do appreciate your stalking.

And it's pretty obvious that you didn't have anything to add yourself yesterday, you just typed anything just so that you could attack me because bullying gets you off or something.

If you're not going to actually reply with anything more tennis related in this thread, perhaps go back to hiding in the laptop forum like a good boy, and also perhaps stop following me around on Boards like a weirdo.

Anyway, back on topic. Has there been any statement by the line judge yet?

glasso wrote: »

the obscene drivel starting 2 pages back on this thread.

I don't follow anyone around boards

you just seem to be everywhere

TENNIS. We're in the tennis forum. Enough of the drivel. Go learn some punctuation if you've nothing to contribute.

glasso wrote: »

Actually it's the Racquet Sports forum.

Anyway I've added you to ignore (first ever!) now so life will be easier.

I've tried about five times now to bring the topic back to tennis and you haven't tried once. You really are petulant child who doesn't like the idea of ever being wrong.

And don't worry, you've been in my ignore list for a while now.

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

There's only way we can settle this - a bra and panties match! :pac:

AllForIt wrote: »

If you look at the very first second of the clip you can see that she was in the process of rising upright from looking down the line in a bent over position. The second she was fully upright that's when she was hit, so it wasn't a case she was just standing there day-dreaming.

well it was more about the fact that the ball wasn't going that quickly so that would have expected her peripheral vision would have caught it so she might have moved a bit.