Saturday 26 July 2014
In a bizzare situation, Tennis Star Taylor Townsend had to play a 2-on-1 matchup against Martina Hingis & Anastasia Rodionova, after hitting her partner in the head.
One rule that differs between World Team Tennis & Regular Tournament Tennis is that if you’re playing doubles & your partner gets hurt, instead of forfeiting the match, there's an option to play by yourself against two opponents.
Yeah, it doesn't make sense but that is exactly what happened during a WTT match. Liezel Huber & Taylor Townsend of the Philadelphia Freedoms were up against Anastasia Rodionova and Martina Hingis of the Washington Kastles. Townsend accidentally hit the back of Huber’s skull hard with a forehand & she was too hurt to continue. Taylor then decided to take on the 2 Kastles alone.
However, Townsend was forbidden from covering her absent partner’s territory, meaning she had to watch by while her opponents’ serves passed by.
Eventually, everyone looked like they had just stopped trying.
Still, though alone, Townsend was able to gather a few points, but ultimately her 'team' lost, 21-15.
(Scoring in World Team Tennis simly adds up the number of games won by either side.)
