Hi Paul,

I’m sending this personally, ’cause I’m not sure it fits the context of you site (I kind of censure myself). Here I go:

you won’t here me nagging soon nor much about players, and one is better than the other, I think they’re all great sportsmen and women. But I think I can see an evolution in the double (and mix) serve on big tournaments. Take for example the Dane Boe, arround the net (the www I mean) you’ll see a lot of posts everybody thinks he serves way too high (instead of arround the waste, it’s arround his chin), even some comentators mention it. And yet, no service judge (or opponent) makes any remark about this. Serena Williams is playing tennis, so the judges shouldn’t fear for their lives if they make a remark. I mention Boe, because he’s really the uncrowned king in this “discipline”. But there are others as well, like the classic double stroke of Lin Dan. He still is a fantastic player, but his serve is not according the rules. The last one complaining about this must have been Lee Hyun Il in the Koreao open of (I think) 2008. And still the judge had no problem with that (watch the match on youtube). Paaske (who won the MD in the AE), has a very good, but “legal” serve, how come no couch sees this, or works on it ? If I, being an amateur compared to these guy’s, can see it, if comentators see it, how come their coach cannot see it ?

You mentioned somewhere some players really took their time before serving on the AE 100, and no judge replied on that (I think it was Robinson ?). What’s your oppinion about lakking the rules ? And judges lakking them as well, which is even worse !

Thanks

Ed

PS 1: I really hope you’re so wrong about Taufik (), I’m going to the WC in Paris, and so I really hope to see this guy in live action instead of on the youtube ! Fantastic match.

PS 2: feel free to copy and past on your blog anyway, I you feel this has additional and informational value for others too.