Liam Blything
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Liam Blything
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Reposted by Liam Blything
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.

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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.
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Liam Blything
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....

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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 .
media.tenor.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0010-0285(25)00021-0%20[kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me]
April 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM