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Would you consider guessing sides unsportsmanlike?

Postby ekogarniza » 04 Nov 2018, 16:10

Recently I was playing some online matches with players, who when they were losing, they started to guessing sides where I was going to serve. I know it´s not cheating, but can you consider this as unsportsmanlike? I mean, obviously it is very annoying, and they win some easy return points. You don´t see it in real tennis matches and even if, it is not mean free return point, but this game is not that realistic so they hit a return winner. What do you think?
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Re: Would you consider guessing sides unsportsmanlike?

Postby manutoo » 05 Nov 2018, 10:43

Hello,

it happens sometimes in real life as well, although it's surely less effective than in TE.

However, this shouldn't lead to a guaranteed winner for the returner, and you can break your serve pattern and make more aces, so it's not necessarily a good strategy.
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Re: Would you consider guessing sides unsportsmanlike?

Postby ekogarniza » 26 Nov 2018, 11:30

manutoo wrote:Hello,

it happens sometimes in real life as well, although it's surely less effective than in TE.

However, this shouldn't lead to a guaranteed winner for the returner, and you can break your serve pattern and make more aces, so it's not necessarily a good strategy.


This is what I was talking about. Watch 3 last games when my opponent started doing this. It was annoying and it has nothing with fair play. This is not happening in real tennis matches and even IF, there is not chance to hit right winner into the court. He knew all the time where I went to serve and hit a winner out of it, even tough I was changins my pattern of serve and even I had no idea where I was going to serve. Please explain manutoo.
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