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Originally Posted by GirlySports
The Roddick foot fault outburst was awesome and justified. Roddick never foot faults, ever! He's always well behind the line doesn't creep up to the line when he serves like other players do. When he turned to the lady to ask which foot he foot fault, she had no idea. Then she tried just made it up and said it was his right foot (which was his BACK foot). I would have ripped that lady one too for not only making a stupid mistake but for then lying about it afterwards to protect her ass.
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being an anti-Roddick fan, I probably don't have much credible say on the matter, but I'll have to disagree with you on this one. the replay of that serve was inconclusive, he might have had an inch of his toe on the line for a fraction of a second...foot faults are so infrequently called that it probably should have been let go, I'll give him that much.
but why would you even bother asking which foot was over the line? obviously if you're a right handed server it's going to be your left, so it was just Roddick being his usual sarcastic crybaby self. the woman said right foot, but maybe she meant the foot on the right from her perspective? either way she was visibly rattled by Roddick's jerkishness so that's probably why she didn't answer clearly.
that's not to say the other stars don't get upset...someone like Rafa has no problem arguing with officials and accusing them of not caring. but that's different from acting like a jerk off and mocking the ump/linesperson. have to say it gives me great pleasure watching him not win a match since early spring.