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Slice accelerations have been banned in online tournament play, beginning at the US Open. This is how it will be put into effect:

1. Everyone is encouraged to record their matches (or if that is not possible, take screenshots of the slice acceleration in replay). Without proof, nothing will be done.

2. Accidental slice accelerations can happen, so this rule will be lenient about that to a certain extent, but if multiple slice accelerations are being used on important points (like break points) that will be overrided.

3. The punishment for breaking this rule is automatically losing the match you broke the rule in and forfeiting all ranking points won for the current tournament.

Wow that's harsh, and this might create big problems in the future....
E.g. I'm playing with you, I never used the slice before and at 4-3 30-40 I ''accidentally'' click on it, It means I 'm the loser of that match !?

lol i like this rule its sooooooo cool
i think u should do it before... but its never late
ill be even better without this

TTennisfan wrote:Wow that's harsh, and this might create big problems in the future....
E.g. I'm playing with you, I never used the slice before and at 4-3 30-40 I ''accidentally'' click on it, It means I 'm the loser of that match !?

I agree what now i should look out for that too it will take away my concetration

i dont even know the way of maneging that shot ,so please somebody tell me what are the comands for it ,lest i dont do that shot by ignorance...thanks

rasoni fil. wrote:i dont even know the way of maneging that shot ,so please somebody tell me what are the comands for it ,lest i dont do that shot by ignorance...thanks

Hmm, I think I play this shot differently to other people...I always play it by accident though, but when I want to play it on purpose I can too ...Well anyways, no more power slice
I think the rule about confiscating the points is too harsh. Imagine someone reaching the final of the US Open and playing that shot a few times by accident or not, I think he still deserves the points he earned prior to that match...

ppl aren't stupid and can distinguish between the two , and we all know each other and know when a player has yes or no used it deliberately , plus when two players are fair they can close their eyes abt one or two shots , so I think the big blem will be against players who really use it deliberately .

well u know it really does take quite a while for the slice action to occur, normally if ur on the run its just a normal stroke, so it will be distinguishable...

can't we do the same for lob on serve return??

it's really unrealistic and some players abuse of thi shot, mainly in doubles.

tati cornet wrote:can't we do the same for lob on serve return??

it's really unrealistic and some players abuse of thi shot, mainly in doubles.

LoL, let's make a new rule : when ur opponent serves, you can't move at all

tati cornet wrote:can't we do the same for lob on serve return??

it's really unrealistic and some players abuse of thi shot, mainly in doubles.

sorry but is stupid coz in tennis people use lobs to return the service i think its stupid your ideia sorry coz you dont know what you do with the lobs and you want remove and now coz i have a bad return i think we can delete the service of my opponements !!!

people i think this topic is stupid coz if this kind of shots exist in tennis elbow why we cant use?
manutoo create this so we can use this !! and slice acelaration its great why ?
its just a game not a real life

K Z wrote:ppl aren't stupid and can distinguish between the two , and we all know each other and know when a player has yes or no used it deliberately , plus when two players are fair they can close their eyes abt one or two shots , so I think the big blem will be against players who really use it deliberately .

Exactly. It is more than obvious whether the shot has been used on purpose or not. People don't need to worry about accidentally using it, because the mods will look at the video and if it's an accident you'll be fine. Seriously, everytime anyone's used this shot against me it has been immediately obvious whether it was an accident or not.

This obviously was a tough call for the mods and of course there are going to be skeptics. I think though that this is the best way they could have handled this tricky situation .

tati cornet wrote:can't we do the same for lob on serve return??

it's really unrealistic and some players abuse of thi shot, mainly in doubles.

Tati, sorry but it's stupid, if you are at net, why can't people use this shot? You have to be intelligent...

tati cornet wrote:can't we do the same for lob on serve return??

it's really unrealistic and some players abuse of thi shot, mainly in doubles.

i don't agree tati...

look... it's unrealistic i know..

but it's possible!

now think..i'm pro and i'm getting crazy so i will lob on returns or in rallys?? what's up?

type of game, i don't use it but it's possible in real life... and slice acelaration...that's impossible to do...so that's why you'll be banned if you do that

when you hit a 200km/h serve, i am sorry but it's impossible to hit an acceleration lob! maria won a title with lobs on every point, i don't call that an interesting game.

during rallies why not, but some players use it even when you are behind your baseline after your first serve. this is ridiculous!