Judgmental error of outside baseline
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Chetan Choudhary Asked 8 years ago
Scenario:
During a rally, I feel that the ball is going out, so I think of catching it (and I make an action of catching it), but during the flight, the ball Hits the baseline and I hit the ball correctly to the opponents side.
The opponent says I tried obstructing and diverting his attention.
Who's point is it?
Alois Rosario Answered 8 years ago
Hi Chetan,
In general this would be your point. If you are deliberately trying to put your opponent off and it happened a few times then the umpire may think that you are deliberately distracting your opponent. I have never seen an umpire award a point against the player that makes an error of judgement.
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Chetan Choudhary Posted 8 years ago
Thanks a lot Alois for the prompt response.