{"id":300801,"date":"2023-11-28T18:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300801"},"modified":"2023-11-28T18:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:23:59","slug":"young-tennis-stars-swap-ends-mid-game-as-fans-are-left-baffled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/young-tennis-stars-swap-ends-mid-game-as-fans-are-left-baffled\/","title":{"rendered":"Young tennis stars swap ends MID-GAME as fans are left baffled"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Young tennis stars are made to swap ends MID-GAME as fans are left baffled by never-before-seen error&#8230; and the new rule even caught out the umpire!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arthur Fils&#8217; match against Luca Nardi soon made headlines for unique reasons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Experienced chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani was caught short by a new rule<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both young players were confused when they were quizzed on the rule at 40-0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tennis fans were left stunned when a chair umpire intervened to have players swap ends mid-game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the ATP&#8217;s Next Gen Finals in Jeddah, which plays host to the sport&#8217;s best young male players, two of them were left dumfounded when mid-game with the score at 40-0 they were told to swap ends.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s Arthur Fils, the tournament&#8217;s No 1 seed, was serving and ready to hold to love when experienced chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani stepped in to reveal the new rule.<\/p>\n<p>The Next Gen finals regularly trial initiatives to revolutionise the sport and as well as shorter sets &#8211; first to four games &#8211; there was a change to changeovers.<\/p>\n<p>Both Fils, his opponent Luca Nardi, of Italy, and chair umpire Lahyani appeared to forget there are no changeovers at the tournament after the first game of the set.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/17\/78332371-12800893-Two_rising_tennis_stars_were_left_baffled_with_a_new_rule_making-a-26_1701191345595.jpg\" height=\"554\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Two rising tennis stars were left baffled with a new rule making them change ends mid-game<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/17\/78332359-12800893-image-a-27_1701191351148.jpg\" height=\"555\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Luca Nardi could not grasp the new rule and sought clarification from the chair umpire<\/p>\n<p>And so with Fils, who lost the first set 4-2, was preparing to serve at 40-0 to start the season set, Lahyani stopped the game to speak.<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;It&#8217;s 40-0 you go there and serve. It&#8217;s how it is,&#8217; he told a confused Fils.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s 4-2 you have to be there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;I lost this game, it was 3-2, 4-2,&#8217; a baffled Fils, who is world No 36, said.<\/p>\n<p>Lahyani responded: &#8216;You have to be on this side.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-year-old Nardi then intervened: &#8216;But why? Because it&#8217;s the rule?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Lahyani continued: &#8216;Yes that is the rule.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fans were left totally confused and Nardi continued to find it too difficult to comprehend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Every set? Doesn&#8217;t matter what is the score?&#8217; Nardi said.<\/p>\n<p>Lahyani then confirmed: &#8216;You should be there yes. So now you go, 40-0 you go there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Still trying to come to terms with the new rule, the players swapped ends, before Fils went on to win the contest\u00a02-4, 4-3, 4-2, 1-4, 4-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The way the rule worked, the players should have swapped ends after the 4-2 opening set and remained on that side for the first three games of the second set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/17\/78332563-12800893-image-a-14_1701191108635.jpg\" height=\"548\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s Arthur Fils (top) won the point up 30-0 to go to 40-0 as he prepared to serve it out<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/17\/78332561-12800893-Yet_he_was_made_to_swap_ends_prior_to_serving_for_the_game_in_a_-a-28_1701191412718.jpg\" height=\"543\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Yet he was made to swap ends prior to serving for the game in a never-before-seen change<\/p>\n<p>The clip of the bizarre incident was put on X by TennisTV and it soon had more than 200,000 views.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well this is interesting. I&#8217;ve never seen this before. It&#8217;s going to be a week of adapting, the umpires have got to get used to it,&#8217; the Amazon Prime commentator said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve never seen a server change ends mid-game before.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They basically went to the wrong side at the end of the set. Mohamed realised and asked them to swap.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Not all fans saw the funny side, though.<\/p>\n<p>One wrote: &#8216;Having them play one way all year just to change it for the last event was such a dumb decision by the ATP.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8216;Embarrassing honestly &#8211; so much noise and no respect to the players.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A third said: &#8216;Another tournament that should be scrapped.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/17\/78332559-12800893-Fils_was_left_dumbfounded_by_the_demand_to_change_ends_but_it_is-a-29_1701191439867.jpg\" height=\"550\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fils was left dumbfounded by the demand to change ends but it is part of a series of initiatives<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12800893\/Tennis-stars-swap-ends-mid-game-fans-baffled-rule.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young tennis stars are made to swap ends MID-GAME as fans are left baffled by never-before-seen error&#8230; 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