Statto
Free Kick Specialist
They are supposed to do that in tennis now but it never really worked as it should have. They have I think 30 seconds to serve between points otherwise they're supposed to be penalised.
But the actual clock doesn't stop until the player has started their serve motion and doesn't start until the umpire called the score from the previous point. So they can try and serve and catch it (which doesn't count as anything) to stop the clock and get another go and if there has been a particularly long point previously the umpires delay calling the point which means there's plenty of time still for towelling down (most people), pulling your water bottles around and fiddling with your arse (Nadal) and bouncing the ball incessantly (Djokovic) between points. Also they don't always pull people for it (Nick Kyrgios was always going on about this and he was right) a few times and then the umpires usually warn them a few times anyway before starting to dock serves/points like with other violations. If they made it automatic that you hadn't actually served (so no catching it back) at the end of the clock you lost your first serve it would probably change. I'd perhaps like them to do that (along with getting rid of 2nd serves and lets - if your 1st doesn't clear the net legally you lose the point) as an experiment at something like the Nextgen finals where they often do that, to see what happens.
I can see this just being ignored or being another example of top six bias where smaller clubs would concede corners especially if someone like City was chasing a match.
