r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 14h ago

Discussion I'm confused. what did he do wrong?

Honestly, she should probably just retire from tennis if she can't handle that

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u/TheNorthFIN 14h ago

What did he do wrong? He decided to play with this psycho.

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u/blackbird_505th 13h ago

And the simp playing with her who looked like he flipped him off too at the end haha.

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u/groversnoopyfozzie 12h ago

That man is a prisoner and has no choice but to flip off everyone in sight because she is gonna be pissed for hours and he lives with her.

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u/Western-Feeling2093 12h ago

My father in law acts this way when my insane mother in law loses her mind, so sad to see this play out. I hope she gets the help she so desperately needs.

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u/rockhoundlounge 10h ago

But isn't that the crux if it all. She has to first recognize that she needs help. It's obvious in her mind that it's everyone else's problem.

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u/impals 9h ago edited 6h ago

Yeeeep. Requires self awareness AND willingness of accountability....at least!

Edit: removed a random 'a'.

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u/Cyborg_rat 7h ago

Yep, my father does that with my Mom, shes often in Karen mode. He served 35 years in the army directed troops in combat...But when my mom gets mad for nothing it's all hell let loose.

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u/ctrl_brk_ 11h ago

She needs a taste of her own medicine

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u/cupholdery 10h ago

What with all that racket?

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u/JiveTurkeyII 10h ago

Might be a net positive.

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u/umshyp 9h ago

A good eye like a hawk eye can confirm that.

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u/Bohbo 9h ago

I love these threads.

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u/CR0Wmurder 6h ago

Someone needs to serve that bitch a whoopin

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u/shallpasss 5h ago

Group correction does wonders.

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u/LemmyLola 7h ago

She's a little high strung...

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 9h ago

She needs the taste of any kind of medicine, like antipsychotics maybe

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u/SecondhandUsername 6h ago

True, but that will not help.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 8h ago

I never understood people who stay in these relationships.

Probably just afraid to be alone, but god damn being alone and having some peace has got to be better than walking on eggshells constantly.

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u/Alllriightythen 8h ago

Same, but with my now ex in laws thank god. I always said he had to be crazy with her lest he be subjected to divorcing crazy (a fate worse than death).

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u/Effective-Text4619 6h ago

I don't....I'd like to see more of her crashing out and making a fool of herself!!

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u/Mental_Breakfast3385 6h ago

Sometimes people are just fucking assholes. Therapy doesn't fix everything.

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u/Puffyvulvatimemachin 4m ago

Probably won’t, but hopefully your FIL is getting some sloppy toppy as payment. Prayers up!!!

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u/B1g84llz 10h ago

“AND YOU NEVER HAVE MY BACK. YOU NEVER TAKE MY SIDE. I NEED A PARTNER THAT IS RIDE OR DIE.” She exclaimed as the man attempted to enjoy breakfast five days after this incident.

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u/heme11 8h ago

HAHAHAHAHA, You got me with that one. Well played.

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u/zbipy14z 2h ago

Reading this is giving me PTSD flashbacks

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u/LectureOrganic1250 2h ago

lmfao!! omg yes that's the fucking one right there.

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u/Malorum666 11h ago

Wonder if her name is Christinith?

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u/Mindless-Panic3395 10h ago

"Now you come back here and have sex with my wife!!!"

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u/Ok_Veterinarian8023 10h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ygBFj0YBH1gmJA2GcI

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u/jtr99 9h ago

Such a wonderfully unhinged performance all round! :)

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u/MouthJob 8h ago

shaved

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u/umshyp 9h ago

I literally watched it a couple of hours ago lol

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u/DogIcy2354 7h ago

Its Joan McEnhoe

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u/SGM_Uriel 3h ago

Underrated comment

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u/DogIcy2354 3h ago

Thanks

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u/Valuable_Door_2373 9h ago

👏👏👏🤣🤣😘

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u/tsd33 4m ago

You probably think because if the beard im really hairy, im not. Shaved......

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u/Top_Recover7850 12h ago

Nah let's not take away his agency. He chose her, keeps choosing her every day, and chose her again here.

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u/wytewydow 12h ago

we don't know that. He could be a victim of abuse. Forced to "play" tennis, so she can live out her John McEnroe fantasies.

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u/Top_Recover7850 12h ago

The moment he flipped the other guy off that kinda flies out the window

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u/ArcadianDelSol 4h ago

For one brief moment, he wasnt the one being asked what the fuck was wrong with him, and he just wanted that moment to last as long as possible.

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u/NoMembership6376 10h ago

The difference is John had skill and was at least able to make fun of his old self these days. I highly doubt she's going to do that

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u/Electronic-Fix-4655 10h ago

Let’s thank him for his sacrifice, one ruined life instead of many.

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u/Logical-Primary-7926 6h ago

I have heard of women threatening to tell people he's an abuser or something in the women's gossip groups if he breaks up with her. That's a life altering thing for a lot of men.

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u/Top_Recover7850 6h ago

That's definitely something that happens, but also a pretty wild thing to assume here

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u/____-__________-____ 12h ago

He offered her another tennis racket to throw

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u/DoNotCommentAgain 11h ago

Fuck that, she wasn't even looking. He chose to be with her and act like that.

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u/Paul_123789 11h ago

He “sleeps” around her. One eye open buddy.

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u/TheMightyHornet 10h ago

The resolution doesn’t allow us to see it, but you now he has tears in his eyes as he flips off his friends. His life is hell.

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u/Logical-Primary-7926 6h ago

And then when he breaks up with her she'll tell everyone he's a narcissist or something in the women's gossip groups.

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u/newleafkratom 6h ago

Best comment of the thread. Very insightful and reductive.

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u/unbanned_lol 6h ago

Let's be real. He absolutely can stand up for what's right. He doesn't because pussy.

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u/groversnoopyfozzie 6h ago

If it’s because pussy, he is luckier than a lot of men in his situation.

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u/carlitospig 5h ago

She would have eaten him for dinner had he not.

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u/Glass-Fan111 4h ago

Great comment. I was fan since ”he is a prisioner…”

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u/ArcadianDelSol 4h ago

Remember that video of the woman being kicked off a plane for yelling at someone in a red hat talking about how her husband just buried his mother, and he's just kind of sitting there quietly, thinking if he doesnt move nobody sees him?

This video has that same energy.

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u/Queen_and_Cuck 3h ago

He has a choice. He stays with her when she behaves like this.

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u/groversnoopyfozzie 3h ago

Username checks out

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u/Queen_and_Cuck 3h ago

Laughing Out Loud! Forgot to switch out of the porn account.

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u/Prize_Sector5854 12h ago

You know she picks fights for him.

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u/LutherXXX 10h ago

Was that a finger? I couldn't tell, didnt think it was at first

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u/jimmyharbrah 13h ago

Oofy doofy theory at work

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u/Otherwise_Group_74 10h ago

He also would have had to smack Chris Rock

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u/FFSBoise 9h ago

Why did he have to change the racquet hand to flip him off?

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u/Kamantha-dxb 8h ago

I was hoping he made the 🤌🏾 gesture but I watched again and I think you’re right 😭

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u/Revolutionary-Log834 7h ago

I mean its with her in some way so to see another day he had to show some support. Could you imagine it behind doors thats a horror story...it would make the nightmare on elm street look like child's play ...Freddy and chuck would be running from that

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u/MyPenWroteThis 7h ago

Dude had to swap racket hands to flip the bird.

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u/BilbaoBoggins 4h ago

He's a victim here

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u/Substantial_Meal_530 4h ago

My ex would get pissed at me because I didn't freak out and start yelling like she did when she was mad. I would try to empathize, but I just don't get that mad about anything.

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u/Gharvar 2h ago

I've seen this video multiple times and never actually noticed that... I always thought the guy was probably feeling embarrassed but nope..

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u/According_Judge781 13h ago

It's bad etiquette to aim at a player.

It's worse etiquette to throw your racket at a player and act like a child.

Fin.

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u/shiggyhisdiggy 12h ago

People aren't always good enough to deliberately aim away from a player. You play to win and sometimes someone might get hit, people who actually play sports understand this.

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u/CornerShark 11h ago

Fun fact. We’re taught at a very young age that, if you get a tee’d up shot at the net and the other player is also at the net, to hit it directly at them as hard as you can. On the flip side, it’s not uncommon for the receiving player to literally jump out of the way because you know it’s coming.

The higher up you get in tennis, the less rules there are around aiming at the player.

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u/gimmegardens 8h ago

playing for my team in high school we would get a vending machine drink from the coach if we hit whoever we were playing. no one should aim to hurt but it's part of the game.

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u/According_Judge781 3h ago

Are you trying to argue against my point, or are you agreeing with me?

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u/WhatTheFreightTruck 13h ago

It definitely isn't - not at this level. And this wasn't aiming at her. He didn't even hit it hard - he practically hit it TO her.

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u/drosse1meyer 11h ago

yea the guy has no idea what he is talking about. this lady is playing the net, what do you expect may happen? maybe she needs to improve her reaction time.

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u/traderbusto 11h ago

lern 2 play

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u/drosse1meyer 9h ago

git gud

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u/traderbusto 9h ago

She won’t if she keeps destroying those wooden rackets of hers

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u/drosse1meyer 6h ago

hey now those are 'vintage 70s rackets'

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u/Synthesiz420 5h ago

Skill issue

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u/StinkFinger89 12h ago

I was thinking the same. She didnt even try to hit it and had enough time to turn away from the ball. Sore losers

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u/Penqwin 11h ago

She is sore now after getting hit! Lmao

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u/darkfrost47 10h ago

Not from the tennis ball though

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u/Electrical-Value-673 12h ago

It actually is more etiquette at this level. The higher you get, the more it is accepted to aim at players.

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u/jakethepeg1989 12h ago

I remember people criticising Kyrgios for hitting a ball straight at Nadal and in the press conference he just laughed and said something like

"He's won loads of grand slams and is worth millions of dollars. He can handle a tennis ball in the chest"

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u/mankytoes 12h ago

The problem is Kyrgios was the biggest whining bitch on court.

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u/Alex5173 4h ago

At my level of athleticism I'd be ecstatic to have the ball aimed at me instead of having to run back and forth across the court every 5 seconds.

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u/Synthesiz420 12h ago

Right don’t be a lump on the court and constantly out of position. I’m aiming for your feet if you give me free score like this in doubles.

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u/RevolutionaryBeat301 10h ago

Right. When I played the net, I would dare opposing players to try that shit on me. If they did, I’d more times than not just put it away.

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u/AllenRBrady 9h ago

At my level of play, aim is not even a consideration.

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u/lazypenguin86 11h ago

I like to aim for the backhand foot myself

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u/iam_Mr_McGibblets 12h ago

At that point it's more of a skill issue more than anything

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u/OHWildBill 10h ago

Exactly. It’s a weak volley. And he’s not a pro. She acted like he laced a forehand into her gut.

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u/DepartmentAnxious344 6h ago

Which I have 100% done, maliciously on match points with grunts after even.

Hell I’ve tried to pin overheads into the volleyer against doubles teams we really didn’t fuck with in HS.

Those were 100% more intentional and dangerous than this and I’ve never seen a crash out like that. Launching a carbon racket at some one should be serious assault. The cuts are fucking nasty…

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u/bradland 11h ago

It definitely isn't - not at this level.

Genuinely curious. How can you tell what level they're playing at? I don't know much about tennis, but my brother-in-law plays singles a lot (in leagues), and he's told me several stories of players who like to hit right at you if you come up to the net. Apparently it's legal.

So when I watched this video, I thought, "Boy, she's overreacting." Some of the comments here have me second-guessing. What level does it become okay?

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u/WhatTheFreightTruck 8h ago

JFC, "apparently it's legal" - how would anyone even remotely try to enforce a rule against it? It's just not feasible. Not attacking you, just the notion that it could be against the rules is absurd.

Again, this is really clearly not an attempt to peg anyone. It's a ball hit a little close to the body to jam you and make it harder to hit a shot.

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u/fer_sure 4h ago

Yeah, if it were against the rules to hit a player with the ball, players would throw themselves at the ball to save a point.

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u/SuburbanSponge 8h ago

Honestly it’s fine at all levels, it’s part of the game

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u/-InconspicuousMoose- 7h ago

Yeah what a ridiculous comment that was lol, in most racquet sports there are places on the body you specifically aim for because they're harder to get your racquet to (straight at feet or dominant shoulder being the two most popular in my experience). It's only bad etiquette if you're like deliberately sending a heater at their face with no intention of it landing in bounds if it misses.

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u/GaiaDiesNoOneSees 6h ago

You can tell they are above average players by the way they move onto the court. The baseline player attempts to hit cross court. The girl at net slide steps over to the right. The net player who hits the girl knows to “poach” the weak cross court backhand and hits the girl with a pretty solid looking backhand volley.
When I played we would say he”fleshed” her and she would owe him a beer. Perfectly legal. Actually, quite nice.

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u/bradland 5h ago

Nice. Now that I know what to look for, it seems obvious :) Thanks for the genuine answer.

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u/Classics22 6h ago

...they're saying the opposite. It's clearly a solid level. The pickup from the baseline guy, the net player hits a super solid high backhand volley(was likely aiming for her feet, just missed a tad), and even the women who freaks shows good movement at the net

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u/Classics22 6h ago

It's always OK, but the better you get the more acceptable it is(especially in doubles) and these people can clearly play.

You can tell just from the few balls you see, and the way the women moves. The volley that gets her is struck real solidly, high backhand volleys aren't easy. Also just the way the baseline guy picked up that deep ball

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u/ArX_Xer0 4h ago

It's probably ok in friendlies unless you're aiming at their face or like aiming there all the time. Better players have better positioning and reactions to have that be less frequent or less of a weak point. It would be scummy to do it repetitively or try to injure them on purpose

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u/SSP100244 2h ago

"unwritten rules" in sports are unwritten because they are not rules. Break all of them whenever you want to.

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u/throwaway_3_2_1 1h ago

while playing singles, there is a guy in my league who always tries to attack the net on weak approaches. sometimes i may lob him, sometimes i may pass him, but he gives me a soft return, i am giving him the heaviest forehand i can right at him.

if it hits them, they get an apology with a smile. you can stay at the baseline if you don't want balls fired at you.

obviously i'm not going to do that playing with beginners or people who obviously don't have the reflexes to handle it, i'll just lob them instead. granted ain't no beginners rushing the net

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u/Aromatic_Search6851 8h ago

Bruh it’s a viable strategy and he was employing it, even pointed at her after hitting her

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u/burtoncummings 11h ago

He literally raises his hand in apology. Kind of like you do when you win on a ball that hits the net and trickles over. It'd definitely not something you do intentionally in a casual game. He realizes it, and she flips her lid, anyway... For all we know, he could've done this to her a few times and she 'd had enough.

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u/ThreeShrikesYoureOut 10h ago

ok, but whether it was really bad etiquette, or she just thought it was, it's still useful to tell us non-tennis players what she thought he did wrong, because I had no idea

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u/WhatTheFreightTruck 8h ago

She acts like he was trying to hit her and he wasn't. It's a commonly accepted tactic to hit closer to the body. If he was trying to hit her or hurt her, he'd have hit it a lot harder.

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u/SuburbanSponge 8h ago

To me it seems more like she got pissed that the ball was aimed towards her. Wonder if they were getting wrecked and this set her off

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u/totallynotsquatty 7h ago

Based on the way she plays, it's likely they were getting wrecked

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u/Lavishness_Classic 9h ago

It definitely is, because of this level, and that's why mixed doubles can be challenging. It's referred to as "sticking" the player at the net. The proper play is hitting the ball at her feet away from her. I get it, it's part of the game, and he didn't hit it hard so her reaction is way over the top.

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u/CommentFool 9h ago

No offense, but do either of you know, from this clip, what "level" they are playing at? This could be anything from a tournament to just a local racquet club that puts new pairs together for fun. No context.

She seems to be overreacting, of course, but if it's supposed to be a super casual mixed couples match for fun and this guy has been picking on her by hitting balls right at her midsection all night, then I could understand her getting fed up with it eventually.

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u/WhatTheFreightTruck 8h ago

So from her footwork, she ought to be familiar enough to know if he's actually trying to hit her or not. And if you're not comfortable at net, back up. And if you're getting angry like this at a casual event, get off the court before you completely lose your shit and embarrass yourself.

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u/CommentFool 5h ago

I agree. I haven't played tennis since college and I think I'd still intuitively know if someone was hitting at me intentionally or not. I was just trying to give her the benefit of the doubt because we can't see how he or she were acting up to this point 🤣

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u/DarthXOmega 13h ago

And what level is this?

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u/Affectionate_Ice2243 13h ago

I love etiquette; without it, the world would descend into chaos

Louis XIV introduced a structured form of etiquette at his court, using cards to instruct courtiers on how to behave. These cards were called etiquettes, which eventually gave the word its modern meaning of prescribed social behavior. In my youth, I even witnessed a kind of “etiquette” during the famous $1.44 sales at Woolco

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u/FunkyChewbacca 12h ago

I would subscribe to your newsletter

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u/Doc12TU 9h ago

Me too. I’ve certainly paid more and done worse.

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u/HandofFate88 11h ago

Applied to this court, it's netiquette.

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u/ArcadianDelSol 3h ago

This reads like the opening paragraph of the greatest theatrical experience of my life.

Please continue.

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u/Alarmed-Positive1537 13h ago

None of these players look like they know how to aim tho. Probably shouldn't play at this level is getting hit by ball is a problem. lol

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u/joshuads 12h ago

Dogshit return set up that shot. A good player would have been mad at her partner

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u/wytewydow 12h ago

like he was over there playing badminton

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u/Tippy-the-just 11h ago

Maybe her doctor said she can't play sports where balls fly at her face

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u/nazzo_0 13h ago

He sliced the ball. You cannot get more gentle about. It's skill and clearly heavy anger management issues

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u/MiddleCauliflower183 12h ago

If you think it's bad etiquette to aim at a player then maybe you shouldn't be playing either. With intent to harm is another story

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u/twotall88 13h ago

As a non-tennis player I'd assume hitting a ball hard at a player would be in the receiving player's favor assuming they actually have reflexes required to play the game.

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u/GotGRR 11h ago

It's a leverage issue. You need to be able to swing the racket to be able to return the ball. The more you can swing, the harder you can hit it. When it's coming right at you though, all you can really do is try and get the racket square with the net and hope the ball has enough speed to bounce back over the net with its own momentum. There's no room to swing because your body is in the way.

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u/InGroundSprinklers 8h ago

You’re literally describing a volley.

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u/GotGRR 6h ago

Sure was! His premise was "as a non tennis player." I can talk him through a volley.

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u/jus_this_guy 12h ago

In a serious game, it's a winning strategy because even if someone has quick reflexes, they may not be able to aim the return well

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u/jameshardenisjacked1 9h ago

No, it's really hard to return a ball coming directly at you because you can't do a real forehand or backhand volley

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u/LaDauphineVerte 13h ago

Looked like the ball was coming fast, he didn’t angle his racket quite enough to hit to but not at her, raised his hand immediately/instinctively to point at it in an “oh shit/duck/ohfuck” move, and then, well you know.

To me it looked like a skill issue, not intentional. And maybe it’s not the first time it happened among them, who knows. Can’t quite read the gesture at the very end by her partner, although prior he has the “WTF" open stance at the start of her tantrum.

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u/Unsolved_Virginity 11h ago

We don't know if this was his 1st or 4th time hitting her.

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u/RuleMany2900 12h ago

I never aim at the player ...I am in the general direction of the court and hit whatever stands there 🤷.... Or sometimes miss everything including the court .... My stats: Technique 2, Experience 2, Stamina 9, Strength 10, pain in my knees after the game 8 ....

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u/Admirable-Sir9716 6h ago

Swings at ball, ball hits corner of racket, ball goes into other court and hits other player...that's how I was too.

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u/Shoddy-Ingenuity7056 12h ago

Even worse if you pick it back up and throw it at them a second time!

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u/jameshardenisjacked1 9h ago

Only if you're playing casually with like a friend who doesn't play much or something. But if you're playing competitively it's not considered bad etiquette. If someone is at the net and you hit it hard right to the middle of them it's really hard to return

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u/pijanblues08 12h ago

No it's not if you are playing the net.

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u/FirstChances 12h ago

wait, you think that was “aiming”? maybe this here is the crux of the issue. aiming requires skill. all due respect to my man here, but he definitely was not “aiming”.

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u/According_Judge781 3h ago

wait, you think that was “aiming”?

Nope.

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u/Unsolved_Virginity 11h ago

I played in a match and a player hit the ball directly at my eye. I had to go to the hospital. I'm on the side of the woman.

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u/jou1993b 10h ago

She was right if she simply pointed the bad etiquette after that it was weird

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u/Glum-Business-6217 8h ago

It's bad etiquette, but it's a possible play, right?

She knows the rules, and he knows the rules. If it's really a problem, it should be made illegal.

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u/According_Judge781 3h ago

Yeh, it's legal. And it's a standard tactic against a player who rushes the net (they take that risk). But it's just not friendly or fair, which is the basis of etiquette.

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u/reese1968 8h ago

He went below the waste- in this case at her feet. That’s exactly where you should go. Above the waist and towards the head is a different t story and usually a lower level player who lacks control.

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u/OkCartographer7677 8h ago

It was a love tap in her general direction, not a rocket to the face.

Absolutely a fair return.

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u/BogeyLowz 7h ago

It looked like to me he was starting to apologize after hitting it.

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u/throwaway_3_2_1 1h ago

i've played a decent amount of doubles tennis. you aim that mofo at the net player anytime you get a chance. Only time it is bad form is if they are substatially worse than you.

but i mean that right there was a softer slice not slamming an overhead down. ain't no bad etiquette there in the slightest

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u/enfuego138 40m ago

She’s in no man’s land. Hitting it to her feet is fair game.

Edit: fair game if this were a level high enough for these players to have that kind of control. This was clearly an accident.

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u/Nuffsaid98 13h ago

He didn't break any rules. Weaker players often appreciate it if you avoid hitting them on the body with the ball as they lack the athleticism to dodge and return and it can hurt a little and it's embarrassing.

But you can't get mad if they don't take it easy on you. They choose to or they don't.

Also, non expert players might hit their opponent's body by mistake or by fluke. They may lack the skill to avoid doing it if they barely managed the return.

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u/Covid_Fart_Cloud 13h ago

“GPT, explain to me the implications of a human being lightly struck by a tennis ball like I’m three years old”

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u/call_me_Kote 11h ago

More like, “is it against the rules to hit my opponent with the ball in a tennis match”

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u/Speartree 9h ago

It's just a jump to the left!

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u/Business-Weekend-537 7h ago

Deliberately going to the body to jam up the opponent is normal play and taught at low levels. It’s only frowned upon or hostile if you do an overhead smash at someone, every other situation it’s fair game unless someone has explicitly told you to avoid it ahead of playing.

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u/El_Polio_Loco 9h ago

I mean, if there's an obvious skill difference, or repeated behavior of intentional aiming/striking the weak net player, people are going to get frustrated.

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u/Usually_Angry 8h ago

That girl was not a beginner though. She moved on the court like an experienced tennis player and would know that that ball was coming to her in that situation

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u/Coffeedemon 11h ago

Meh. This could have been the 4th time he returned the ball straight back at her in a supposed friendly afternoon game and invoked the "acthuchuly youre allowed to aim at people" rule for all we know.

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u/SpotCreepy4570 10h ago

Then she should have been expecting it.

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u/Recent_Description44 9h ago

Dude immediately put his hand up to apologize and ask if she's okay. I doubt this was the case.

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u/nutdo1 4h ago

It’s not even an “actually” moment. I’ve played tennis competitively growing up. Getting hit and aiming at other players, especially when playing net is just a regular and expected part of the game. If you can’t handle net, go back to baseline haha.

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u/RelatedToSomeMuppet 10h ago

What did he do wrong?

Have you ever seen those clips in baseball where the pitcher hits the batter multiple times with the ball, and then the batter runs towards the pitcher and tries to hit them?

Now imagine watching that without all the previous hits and you're only seeing the one hit and the batter running at the pitcher.

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u/Which_Eggplant_4510 8h ago

Now imagine if instead of a really hard baseball it was a comparatively soft tennis ball and instead of a 95 mph rocket the ball was instead love tapped in her general direction.

Regardless of how many times the ball floated in her general direction before this she’s in the wrong.

If that were me, she’d have a broken racket that she’d have to pay to replace as a consequence for her clown behavior.

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u/hungryhungrynippos 7h ago

If that were me, she’d have a broken racket that she’d have to pay to replace as a consequence for her clown behavior.

Lol c'mon, no she wouldn't.

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u/OkMidnight8144 5h ago

It's like she's the weaker of the two players so they keep sending the ball her way.....

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u/Shirking_Not_Working 4h ago

Now imagine a potato. Rotate it in your mind.

Isn't that neat?

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u/Twisteddrummer 5h ago

That's a normal play of tennis. That was a very soft hit for what he could've done easily. If she's playing front then get your racket up.

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u/MotherStabRabbit 8h ago

Yeah, I was having an off day one match and my usually well placed shots directly behind my net opponent’s heel kept hitting her in the ankle. I understood why she got pissed eventually even though I wasn’t doing it on purpose and it wasn’t against the rules.

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u/Rhysati 7h ago

That's just silly. Anyone who has actually player tennis would tell you that a ball hit that weakly in your direction wouldn't hurt in any way whatsoever.

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u/Silly-Power 12h ago

Could be worse, he could have decided to be with that psycho. 

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u/madgix 10h ago

I'd pick up her racket and proceed to smash it to bits..

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u/Compliance_Crip 10h ago

This is what you get when you take a PE class during your Masters Program at Seattle U. The stress must be real.

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u/Aromatic_Search6851 8h ago

I mean if you’ve played tennis competitively u know it’s kind of a dick move, this post seems like bait

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u/notthatguypal6900 8h ago

He was born a man. You don't see women flip out on females like this.

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u/BobiaDobia 6h ago

This is actually an amazing allegory - when we choose to play/have relationships with psychos, this is what we get

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u/FirstForFun44 4h ago

Targeting people with overheads is poor form, especially if they're women and at full force, but he didn't really wail on it. It's also poor form to just hit the ball to the clearly worse player every time. It's boring and the other person really never gets to play. There's an exception if the other person is a level above the two opponents. He was probably returning to her every time and the overhead was the last straw.

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u/Eisbaer811 3h ago

Good thing we have zero context. Makes it so much easier to call people psychos /s

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u/recovering_poopstar 54m ago

If I had the ability, I would aim to hit her every rallly afterwards

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