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Now this is interesting...it just happened in Rotterdam.  Turn the volume up and listen to the time violation conversation between Tursunov and the umpire.



Respectfully,
masterclass

Tursunov's comment is just more piggybacking on the IMO, trumped up charges.

I don't get this sudden attention to the 20-25 second rules. I've been watching tennis for decades and this was never, ever brought up in the past. Players took as much time as they wanted and it was never an issue. This can easily be spotted when watching old YouTube videos and seeing how long McEnroe and company took before and during serving.

What I don't like is the way only Rafa is targeted and then they pull out players and hand out innocuous warnings.

I think the whole thing is a joke, TBH. Nadal dared to play Federer tough from the beginning and they did everything they could to create division. Instead of embracing both champions they turned it into a good vs. evil, which pollutes the sport and only generates hatred and ill feelilngs.

It's amazing that Nadal still enjoys so much crowd support and fandom considering the ridiculous position they put him in.

So, when any of these types of comments about "time violations" come up it just makes me want to roll my eyes.

It's not fair to take something a player doesn't do and turn it into a crime of sorts.

Just my feelings on the whole debacle.