Was the ball IN or OUT....

Interesting event at the FO. Stakhovssky was upset by a line judge as he believe he was robbed of a line call. He darily puts the picture out (not allowed to use his mobile) to complain about the call.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/sergiy-stakhovsky-takes-picture-disputed-spot-tweets-french-202400200.html

It took it from a wrong angle cause a ball mark is best seen while fololing its trajectory and not straight over as the one.

I think teh referee may have been wrong....but if he has been, it's a very close call....certainly not enough to justify being that upset.

What do you think?

PS - IN Rome Gasquet was really robbed of a line call by the referee...that was much worse as they did not consider the right mark....and in that case it certainly cost Gasquet the match as it was a point for a set and a break up.

I remember that one in Rome...
Umps are getting worse I think kind of lazy with Hawkeye, they should be more alert , it's awful for players to be on the receivIng end of a bad call .

Yes...though here it seems pretty difficult to call it a bad call for sure.

Actually on second look...it does look "IN".

The saga continues, and Strakh gets fined $2000:

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/05/stakhovsky-fined-2000-taking-picture-ball-mark/47705/#.UaejcnDRfzI

Fed's take on the (ab)use of mobile phones by players:

"It's happened before. It's only going to happen more. Wouldn't be surprised if they change the rules because of it again. If you do it, fines are going to be more severe, all these things, because we are moving this professional route.

I think it's pretty funny, actually. The problem is that clearly there could be coaching going on through mobile devices. Probably be so easy to do. Go to the toilet and you hide it somewhere in the toilet—I'm just saying anything is possible. You have to hope that the players use it in a funny way and it's not meant bad or disrespectful.”

noleisthebest wrote:The saga continues, and Strakh gets fined $2000:

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He should have asked permission I guess like Monfils did.

It's a tough call. We of course do not want players to pick their iphones at every opportunity as they could get e-coaching but I understand the frustartion of a player who feels he has been robbed a point and wants to take a picture to show it to all. In my view the referee should allow for the picture to be taken in that case as this would prouve he has nothing to hide.

I remember the case of Karlo being foot faulted most likely wrongly and we do not want to give referees and line judge all the authority as they can have an agenda.