In a USTA mixed doubles league match, my team was ahead 5-2 in the first set when one of our opponents said that my tennis ball holder was worn inappropriately. She claimed that according to USTA rules, it has to be worn on my backside. I obliged, but did she have a legitimate claim?
— Jason Holoch, Olympia, WA
Don’t you hate it when people just make up the rules? There’s nothing in the USTA rules or The Code that in any way addresses this subject. And here’s my new rule: Anyone caught making up a rule gets
immediately defaulted.
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