{"id":36814,"date":"2012-06-15T23:39:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T23:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36814"},"modified":"2012-12-24T21:55:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:55:39","slug":"36814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36814","title":{"rendered":"Got a watch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_6557.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36817\" title=\"IMG_6557\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_6557-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_6557-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_6557-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our June 15 match at Cunningham Park.<\/p>\n<p>The league has a strict rule against using mobile device on the court &#8211; can be seen as coaching. I don&#8217;t wear\/bring a\u00a0watch when I play tennis. So if the court\/club doesn&#8217;t have a clock, it&#8217;s kind of tricky: how do you determine the time?<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/tennislink.usta.com\/Leagues\/Main\/StatsAndStandings.aspx?t=7&amp;par1=DB0027B323D0E9B695844B6A59387F0E4D&amp;par2=2012&amp;par3=0\">2S was late<\/a>: the traffic, she&#8217;s coming from the city, and the park is new to her, etc. When she finally finds us, it&#8217;s 18 minutes passed the starting time. How do I know? I consult my cell phone. The opposing team captain and her partner rush to the bench and check at their cell phone too.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Players arriving onto the assigned court more than 15 minutes after the match start time may be defaulted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2050\/12\/2013-Queens-Mixed-Rules.pdf\">at the discretion of the opposing captain<\/a> (having been so advised before the start of match play on that court.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They decide to default us. I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;ll do if I&#8217;ve to face such decision. Winning by default never feels good. But do I have an argument here &#8211; that you are not allowed to use phone yet you default my player by using it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our June 15 match at Cunningham Park. The league has a strict rule against using mobile device on the court &#8211; can be seen as coaching. I don&#8217;t wear\/bring a\u00a0watch when I play tennis. So if the court\/club doesn&#8217;t have a clock, it&#8217;s kind of tricky: how do you determine the time? Our 2S was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing","category-tennis-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}