GUA F1 - Guatemala 10K (hard)

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

RE: GUA F1 - Guatemala 10K (hard)

Salmon · Tennis legend

Stuff like - swearing at umpires/other officials, grave swearing at opponent/crowd, throwing a chair, attacking your opponent, slapping the linesman, shooting the umpire with a gun etc.

-- Edited by Arka at 10:13, 2007-01-18

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Arka wrote:

shooting the umpire with a gun etc.

OK, thanks Arka. I'm not too sure about that last one, surely if you shot the umpire with a gun they wouldn't be able to default you, on account of being dead/unconscious and all?

Salmon · Tennis legend

Good point there! But the umpire could be shot in a prosthetic leg, so we can't rule that possibility out completely.

Happycynic · Pro player

Tim Henman famously got defaulted when he hit a ball away in anger and struck a ball girl with it. An accident, and he was totally cut up about it being the way he is, but an automatic default. I think he was playing doubles at Wimbledon.

Persistent umpire abuse/striking an official is more likely.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Yeah, doubles at Wimbly in 1995 along with Jeremy Bates. He later gave that girl a bouquet and a kiss.

Most defaults are because of swearing.

Caroline Wozniacki was defaulted at this year's USO Juniors for apparently swearing at officials. She denied doing it and there was a lot of uproar.

-- Edited by Arka at 10:24, 2007-01-18