Wimbledon MSS

[djarvik]

Since we are on this subject, a friendly reminder:

You must be behind the line, clearly behind (not on the line or brushing it) throughout your return. When you start returning and when you finish. At no point you should step on or cross the line on returns. The reason I bring this up is that I want to remind the players using stroke motions C, D and E, that these motions make your player take a step forward as he hits the ball. You need to compensate for that and take another half a step back.

[andman666]

Well if that is true what your saying then I coudent rly do anything about this
i rly dont notice wen my guy goes foward and if it goes automaticly cus I had motion C then it was not my fault
Thx for the tip tho now I will pay more attention to that but i want to point one thing out
Iam NOT A CHEATER
Edit: Andy wen we played that was wen that rule was not even made u were as foward as u could be I remember that match clearly u kept going to the box and risking.

[alex13090]

Meh if its just a mistake I think its no biggie, sometimes you think you are standing far back enough and yet you still scrape the line.

Personally, when I see my players foot anywhere near the line I stop and gift the point.

[Otlichno]

Lost to Coke4 7-6 6-4 7-6.

I was outplayed for the most part, with him noticing my patterns and using them against me, whenever I got out wide I would top spin it cross court back to him and he would wait and nail it down the line. The first set was pretty close but I mistimed a backhand on my serve and he jumped all over it to get the minibreak to get the set, the second set I completely forgot to vary my serve and began serving out wide too much, he took advantage and got the break. The third set started off the same way as the second with him getting an early break, I fought back and broke back to take it to a tie break. By then I was serving out wide 100% of the time and a few risk returns gave him the 2 minibreaks to take the match. I had more winners and less unforced errors, which goes to show how much a few points can change the match.

Great match for me, I came into this tournament in horrible form and was able to beat a player who I had lost to a few weeks ago and give a top ten player a slight challenge.

[djarvik]

Meh if its just a mistake I think its no biggie, sometimes you think you are standing far back enough and yet you still scrape the line.

Personally, when I see my players foot anywhere near the line I stop and gift the point.

Very true. Mistakes are OK. Sometimes I too get too much into the game and miss a few "to close to line" returns. If I do notice, I will give the point back if I won it.

I just don't buy "mistakes" that are perfectly timed, you know.

BTW - contrary of what players who resort to this think, it's quite clear when the player uses cheesy tactics to generate points/get out of trouble, rather then by accident.



andman666 - by no means I am saying you are a cheater. Like you said, you simply was not paying attention. But now you will. Running a red light while driving a car by accident, because you didn't look - still qualifies for driving rules breakage and still will incur a ticket.

[coke4]

coke4 defeats Otlichno 7-6(7-5) 6-4 7-6(7-3)

Tough game, he fought hard and played some great shots, choosing good times to wrong foot me with crosscourt topspin shots. It was my first match in a while and i felt a bit rusty from the baseline but i served really well and played the big points and that helped me get a very important win.

1st Set: We both start well but i get two break points in his second service game but he saves them. We got to the tie break, i was doiing a little better but it deserved a breaker and we were both playing cautiously, he was the more aggresive one but was still quite cautious. In the breaker i go up an early mini break and its enough as i take it 7-5.

2nd Set Again in his second service game i get more break points and manage to break when i hit a BH down the line, i then got into a rythm and played more aggressively and took it 6-4.

3rd set; again in his second service game i get more b/p's, he fights and it goes on for a long time but i manage to break then hold. However at 3-2 he gets 15-40, i save the first b/p but he takes the second to break. He goes up a mini break in the breaker but i knew where all his serves were going and i manage to get it back and then go ahead, i went ahead again and took it 7-3.

Stats
coke4 | Otlichno
91% 1st Serve % 97%
80% Win on 1st Serve 68%
56% Win on 2nd Serve 25%
9 Aces 3
0 Double Faults 0
48 Winners 53
21 Unforced Errors 19
2/9 Break Points Won 1/2
115 Total Points Won 99

[coke4]

is anyone doing reporting like this?

[RV_Cobra11]

i'll try

[petrelli83]

played Annasafina in sim wimby.
she retired on 26 64 21 for me.

tht's the story:
1rst set she broke me twice and won easily the set.but I had a lot of lag and i asked her to restart system.I had lag from the beginning but i waited for the end of the set because she was winniing.

we restarted from 2nd.i had again a little bit of lag but it was better than before...

3rd.after i broke her.she left the match without explanations.

[petrelli83]

Petrelli83(bishop)-Calvkln(nakamura):16 16 62 63 46

very strange match.
in the first 2 sets he destroyed me.I felt as my ball was really slow and i didn't find the way to hit a winner.

in 3rd set i decided to play more aggressive,risk more and mix my game playing more S&V..

in4rth set i broke him on 1-1 but we had discoonections...however i have been able to close the set

in 5fth set we played close games.he broke my second serve game.i had a bp on 4-2 but without convert it.

i'm so disappointed..another fight with great player as calvkln but another defeat...
i'm sorry for the disconnection.I felt that when our stamina was decreasing i was playing better then him...
maybe without it could have gone either way...or maybe not!

btw congrats mate...u deserved to win...

[fedfan]

is anyone doing reporting like this?

I've asked for the reports, but I'll prob do XBox news again.

[calvkln]

Great playing Petrelli, yeah you are right about it being a weird match. The 1st two sets your ball seem to move around the court so slowly and it was easy for me to attack. But in the 3rd set, as you said, you risked more, served and vollied a lot served smarter...you found your game, and for the most part I was being out played. I'm not going to celebrate this win today, I'm truly lucky that I squeaked by, because had we not had that disconnect in the 4th set, you would have won as you had the momentum. Tough luck, and great playing, you seem to have me figured out now......do I smell a rivalry???

[coke4]

Got lonamar next, thats nasty, im expecting a 6-1 6-2 6-0 loss

[maximo]

Got lonamar next, thats nasty, im expecting a 6-1 6-2 6-0 loss

why? lonamer is the best now, but impossible is nothing.

[coke4]

Got lonamar next, thats nasty, im expecting a 6-1 6-2 6-0 loss

why? lonamer is the best now, but impossible is nothing.

last time we played it was 6-1 6-1, and i was lucky at that, if anything i am being overgenerous with that score. If i can win ten games i will be happy, if i win a set i will feel like i won the tournament