Where tennis is headed is zero controversy. This way, they won’t have to buy the ball kids hamburgers anymore. It will be a huge savings for tournaments, which is the genesis for all these things. There are still ball kids, but how long do you think that will last? Some geek is surely sitting somewhere in a dingy basement, inventing an app that will allow the chair umpire to activate an on-court vacuum that will scoop up all the balls and bounce them gently to the serving player. “Out,” barks the Wizard of Odd, even though the shot wasn’t really out, just short. That gets a little weird when the player hits a serve into the net. The ball misses a line and a voice out of the sky somewhere - we will call her the Tennis Wizard of Odd - barks that the ball is OUT. It not only calls all the lines, but has a loud female voice confirming what the camera has seen, and ruled. The electronic line calling system called Hawk-Eye is now Hawk-Eye Live. There will be no controversy, tennis has decreed. Now, they have to take on machines, which means there is now no element for controversy. The chance for tennis players to argue calls is over. “You cannot be serious,” McEnroe whines, repeating an act that once got him in hot water with a tennis chair umpire and that he has parlayed into a zillion-dollar brand. (AP file photo)Īn elderly looking John McEnroe spills red sauce from his cafeteria tray onto his white tennis shorts, as Serena Williams destroys attacking ball machines with lethal forehands and backhands. The dispute was over a call during McEnroe's match with Terry Moore. A real maverick that stayed close to his own personality.John McEnroe gestures angrily on May 9, 1980, in New York as he argues a call with umpire Joey Lessing, right, and head referee Fred Hoyles, center. Fortunately he did not lose his temperament and is honest and open in his opinions. On TV he shows every time he knows what tennis and life is about. Now, in 2021, McEnroe is one of the most elaborate and thoughtfull tennis commentators around. My motto in life has almost stayed You Cannot Be Serious! John McEnroe Old He almost got suspended, but like me in secondary school, he barely managed to stay in. The ideal son in law was Bjorn Borg, but….boring! At the age of twelve you want people who stand up against authority, and John did that to almost every referee at the time. My parents however hated the screaming American, although born in Wiesbaden Germany. Any rebel without a real cause had my support. When he won Wimbledon I was twelve years old.
John McEnroe was one of my idols when I was young.
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