ATP to discuss time-violation rule with players following complaints

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Surprise, Surprise! There have been complaints about the new inflexible time-violation rule and there will be a meeting today between players and Brad Dewitt (The ATP chief).

(Reuters) - Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) chief Brad Drewett will meet with players on Saturday and address a new rule aimed at speeding up the game that has drawn criticism from professionals on the men's tour.

This year, the ATP are enforcing a regulation that gives players 25 seconds to serve the ball or face a warning and then the loss of a point for a second violation.

The new rule has sparked complaints from players who have fallen foul of the law.

The new rule was endorsed by the ATP player's council last month but stricter enforcement at warm-up tournaments ahead of next week's Australian Open has raised concerns from players about a crackdown at the year's first grand slam where five-set matches in extreme heat often feature.

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley on Friday indicated players would be afforded some leeway at Melbourne Park, where officials would use "good sense, good judgement" in enforcing the 20-second rule.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/12/uk-tennis-open-time-idUKBRE90B06420130112

Hopefully good sense will prevail and the ATP will follow the guidelines given to officials at the Australian Open. Far better to use "good sense and good judgement" than to continue to be stupid!

Never mind you have a sensible female poster in the form of laverfan back to bring some credibility to this and other threads

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http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/8381236/Tennis-Andy-Murray-has-hit-out-at-the-ATP-s-modification-in-time-rule

It Must Be Love wrote:http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/8381236/Tennis-Andy-Murray-has-hit-out-at-the-ATP-s-modification-in-time-rule

He said: "I like that there is a time violation in there. I think it'll be good, but I think starting off with 25 seconds at the beginning was a bit too much, because players just aren't used to playing at that pace."

Doesn't hold back does he? Sounds like he's furious about it

It Must Be Love wrote:http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/8381236/Tennis-Andy-Murray-has-hit-out-at-the-ATP-s-modification-in-time-rule

cue dilemma

It Must Be Love wrote:BOO, Check out my AO prediction game on AMF, we need one more player to get started!

Roger Wilco

Another example from Cricketing world...

"The ICC`s Cricket Committee has recommended that stricter penalties be imposed on teams and captains who fail to maintain stipulated over-rates, especially in Test matches."

http://zeenews.india.com/cricket/icl/story.aspx?nid=20198

"In accordance with ICC regulations governing minor over-rate offences, players are fined 10 percent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captains fined double that amount.

As such, England’s Stuart Broad and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka were fined 20 percent of their match fees, while their players received 10 percent fines."

http://dawn.com/2012/09/30/england-sl-fined-for-slow-over-rate-in-world-t20/

I would even recommend similar fines for Tennis players based on their rate-of-play, if necessary.

Any time violations today that anyone saw?

I was at work so didn't see any tennis.