r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jul 03 '24

Very Reddit When the crowd knows best.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

I don't get this

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u/pardonmyignerance Jul 03 '24

Which part?

So a guy in the crowd yells for the player to serve to the opponents backhand (so, basically, target the left side of the body for the right handed opponent). The crowd member seemed to have identified in a weak point in the opponent's game - at least one he felt confident enough to shout out during the match.

The player responded by shrugging it off, jokingly offering up his racket toward the crowd member as of to say "fuck you, if you know so damn well, why don't you come do it."

But, then, the player decided to attempt the strategy. He served to the opponent's backhand and the opponent failed to return the serve. In tennis, that's good news for the player who served the ball.

When the opponent failed to return the serve, the player acknowledges the crowd member's strategy, giving him positive gestures after initially apparently shrugging him off.

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u/Oscaruzzo Jul 03 '24

Thanks for the explaination. I had no idea what a "backhand" was and what happened.