Sports do have an ability to show the world the best
Honesty, that's amazing.
In this play the ball is called out and then the one who hit the ball 'out,' named Stepanek, challenges the call. Sure enough, the ball was right on the line and acceptable. At this point, the two players should play it again but instead, the opposing player, Djokovic, makes an admission that he could not hit it and thus gives the point to Stepanek instead of attempting a re-play; this is amazing because everyone wants to win so badly in this tournament that options like this, to avoid losing the point, are always taken but this player, Djokovic, decides the integrity of the game and his sportsmanship or honesty is more important -- perfect.
So often I feel like it's few that actually sacrifice opportunities because it's the right thing to do. It frustrates me but I'm glad that this happens in an international game to remind the world what its like to be better than the dog eats dog world out there.
In this play the ball is called out and then the one who hit the ball 'out,' named Stepanek, challenges the call. Sure enough, the ball was right on the line and acceptable. At this point, the two players should play it again but instead, the opposing player, Djokovic, makes an admission that he could not hit it and thus gives the point to Stepanek instead of attempting a re-play; this is amazing because everyone wants to win so badly in this tournament that options like this, to avoid losing the point, are always taken but this player, Djokovic, decides the integrity of the game and his sportsmanship or honesty is more important -- perfect.
So often I feel like it's few that actually sacrifice opportunities because it's the right thing to do. It frustrates me but I'm glad that this happens in an international game to remind the world what its like to be better than the dog eats dog world out there.
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