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It was just a play on words, of course, when the Florida newspapers said that Sam Querrey had "let'' Ryan Sweeting win Wednesday. It did involve a disputed let-call. But it's a bad choice of words for Querrey.
Sweeting said it showed "how good of a guy'' Querrey is. The Fort Lauderdale paper called it a classy move on Querrey's part.
I'm not so sure. It's always nice to see examples of good sportsmanship, but is that what we saw when the chair ump said, after match point, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Querrey has conceded the point?"
Or was this just another example of Querrey's fatal flaw. I'm going with the second choice.
Here's what happened: Sweeting won the first set in a tiebreaker. He was up 5-4 in the second set, serving at Ad-in. Match point. So Sweeting hit a first serve into the corner, thought he had an ace, pumped his fist and yelled "YEAH!''
With his own yelling, and with the crowd cheering his victory over Querrey, Sweeting didn't hear the chair umpire calling a let. Sweeting needed to play the point over.
So he got ready to argue, and then Querrey approached and shook his hand and said, "You're good. Good serve."
Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2011/02/24/sam-querrey-shouldnt-let-it-go/
Deng, Luol DeRozan, DeMar Diaw, Boris Diogu, Ike Diop, DeSagana
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