British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

wolf wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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Hamish had a 6-0 lead at one point in the second set!

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Pity he didn't shake hands at that point really!

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 I was once umpiring a group of kids' matches in France (as a group, sort of overseeing, rather than specifically umpiring each one).

There were no scoreboards, but I'd clocked that the boys' match on the far court looked as though it would be quite quick and the 'good' player (call him Léo) had won the first set and was up in the second.

So I was bit surprised to find it was still going on after spending 20 mins with finishing up and launching a different match. 

And one lad announced the score as 2-1

So I asked a parent and it went like this:

Me: So they're into a 3rd set? 2-1 in the third? 

him: Yes

Me: So Léo lost the second? What was the score? 

him: 6-1 - but Léo won it 6-1, not lost it

Me: But that means he's won two sets

him: Yes

Me: So the match is over

him: No, they thought they'd carry on, that's nice, isn't it? 

Me: No. I need the court. And rules is rules. BOYS - come here - you're done

Bless them, they were young and keen (and not too genned up on the rules, neither were their parents seemingly......)