Tennis
U.S. Open
49m ago
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Of all the quirks, expectations of politesse and tennis etiquettes that are supposed to be followed, the net-cord apology maybe the silliest of all.
It happens in nearly every match. One player hits a shot that ticks the top of the net tape, but somehow makes it over to the other side. Sometimes it dribbles an inch or a foot, landing out of their scrambling opponent’s reach. Sometimes it kicks up and becomes a meatball that the opponent can smash for a winner. Sometimes the interference of the net throws off the trajectory only slightly; sometimes it turns a winner into an error and sometimes it does the opposite.
