Some players had success against the greats by engaging in the dark arts. Robin Soderling rattled Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in 2007 by mocking his slow play & habit of fiddling with his underwear. Two years later, he became the first man to beat Nadal at Roland Garros. @cdeccleshare.bsky.social

Tennis gamesmanship and dark arts: MTOs, bathroom breaks and the serve clock

Like every sport, tennis has its grey areas — and players who will exploit them more than others.

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Data analysis by a Manchester psychologist has confirmed that tennis players who take a bathroom break are likely to gain an advantage over their opponent. Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @uomhums.bsky.social #wimbledon

a man is holding a tennis racquet with the words `` you can not be serious '' written on the bottom .

ALT: a man is holding a tennis racquet with the words `` you can not be serious '' written on the bottom .

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Easy as ABC. Functional-pragmatic factors explain “binding-principle” constraints on pronoun interpretation: Evidence from nine pre-registered rating studies authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...