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Interesting quote from Pat Cash in the Beeb's live text commentary on Andy's match:

There is a real issue with the tennis balls - they are not up to standard and not consistent enough.



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Great victory for Bonzi over Carreno Busta

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Stircrazy wrote:

Interesting quote from Pat Cash in the Beeb's live text commentary on Andy's match:

There is a real issue with the tennis balls - they are not up to standard and not consistent enough.

 I was about to post the same thing and Jaggy commented earlier about the soft balls. In Oz, they usually ping, indeed the US Open as well, and my view is that soft balls can be quite inconsistent and impact timing plus put more pressure on the hitter to put pace on the ball. 

Same for everyone I guess, but wonder if it is behind some of the upsets we are seeing in the cooler temperatures, cold plus soft equals very slow? 



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Looking at all the French press, Jeremy Chardy himself is still livid, and says that not only was the umpire the worst one in history, and a liar, but you never, ever could count on Dan to be fair play.

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encore très remonté après l'affaire de la balle tombée de sa poche. "Ca faisait longtemps que je n'étais pas autant énervé après un arbitre. Après, s'il fallait compter sur le fair-play d'Evans..."

BUT the French commentators/public/twitter guys, basically have no sympathy for him - his ball, his pocket, his missed volley.....hence, Dan's point

Stu Fraser's view of the incident in today's Times.  The original on-line version includes a link to a 10-minute video clip of what transpired, but that's not available in the archived version.

Off topic, I take issue (not for the first time!) with Fraser's use of English:

This meant that the point was awarded to Evans, to which Chardy was incensed.

That "to" should have been picked up by a sub-editor.  furious



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This write up doesn't suggest any bad blood between Evo and CHardy whereas the French and twitter translations imply there is?

Both cant be right? Or am i misreading one of them?

I know Jeremy relatively well, so I didnt really want it to sour the match. It was a good, competitive match. I dont really know what to make of what happened. I dont really know who was in the right and who was in the wrong. I didnt see it happen. It was just a pretty awkward situation.
Chardy said that he had no issue with Evans, insisting that it was not his job to stop the point.

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Kokkinakis is playing the match of his life right now. Andy done so well to stay in it.

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I have to go out.....
Silly time to be playing a tennis match.

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JonH comes home wrote:

This write up doesn't suggest any bad blood between Evo and CHardy whereas the French and twitter translations imply there is?

Both cant be right? Or am i misreading one of them?

I know Jeremy relatively well, so I didnt really want it to sour the match. It was a good, competitive match. I dont really know what to make of what happened. I dont really know who was in the right and who was in the wrong. I didnt see it happen. It was just a pretty awkward situation.
Chardy said that he had no issue with Evans, insisting that it was not his job to stop the point.

The incident as reported by the Torygraph.  It includes the quote from Dan used by The Times, but expands on it & also comments on the rule which apparently should have been applied, but ultimately wasn't, & Dan's view of it...



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Utterly ridiculous that Andy has just won that set biggrin

At nearly 2a.m.

And another hour (or two?) to go.....



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Oops Kokkinakis squared at the end of that TB. So much tension in his face there compared to business like Andy.

4-6 6-7(4) 7-6(5) after 3 1/2 hours.

Go go !

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Wow, crazy, and ridiculous. But come on Andy!

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What????!!!!!!!

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How are either of them supposed to recover for next match?

Unfair and unnecessary.

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I don't know about a new hip, Andy will need a new body at this rate.

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4-2 up in the 4th. This is crazy. It is 2.42 am. If this goes to five sets, we are looking at 4 am finish? What is the latest ever, anyone know - Lleyton Hewitt comes to mind but cant recall where or when

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