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Bird killed by tennis player

published by randeepsamra

8 months 3 weeks ago • 1149 views

tags: pigeon, killed, tennis, player, doubles

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Tags changed from "bird,killed,tennis,player,doubles" to "pigeon, killed, tennis, player, doubles" by gold star member ant.

written by siftbot

| 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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I hope that wasn't Pigeon!!

written by ant

| 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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To the top 15 you go!

written by tedbater

| 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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From the slo-mo at the end, it looks like the ball deflected inside the player. Does this count, giving the point to the killer? Or do they restart from the previous serve or something?

written by Quboid | 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Haha, I don't know if they've got a rule for suicidal animals. Since the bird wasn't exactly part of the court, I'd guess they redo the point.

written by Selektaa | 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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The ITF's Rule 26 Case 3 - Hindrance: If the ball hits a bird in flight the point is replayed

written by michie

| 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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I think that's really crappy that the crowd is laughing at killing the bird.

written by Nebosuke | 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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You can feel sorry for the bird and still laugh at the absurdity of what happened. It's not as if the bird's family is at home watching and you have to consider their feelings.

written by xxovercastxx

| 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Apparently, a baseball isn't the only bird killing ball anymore. What next, football/soccer? Now that would be interesting

written by RIPed

| 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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@nebosuke: laughter can mean things other than just amusement. I don't think the crowd as a whole actually thought the bird kill was frakkin' funny.

written by calvados

| 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Yes, praying for a creature no immortal soul *is* funny.

Trippin'.

What I find more hilarious than any (inadvertent) animal abuse is the fact that I was also wondering what the technical rule is. Thanks michie, for coming to the rescue with that answer.

*note to the PETA crowd. I don't endorse destroying animals, I'm being facetious as usual. I happened to see a squirrel as roadkill today and it was sad.

written by Krupo

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