Yeah... he should've stopped dogging it!
First, tennis is not like golf. In tennis there are line judges, and a player is under no moral obligation to correct them if a call goes their way. I've never seen a pro go up and tell the official "look, that ball was out, it's his point"
Second, I'm on the "he should have focused on the play at hand" wagon. Suck it up and move on.
First of all, I have seen no definitive "proof" that the ball actually hit Fernando's racket. It's not like the ball suddenly careened off in a different direction. Second, it was a 15-0 point, not at all decisive, and by making a big deal out of it Blake took himself out of the match. He was broken the next game and that was all she wrote. In my opinion, it was poorly played to make such a big deal about it after the match even if he was convinced that he was right. Blake is a great player and he seems to be a good guy, but the difference between champions and great players was on stark display in this match. Champions win, runners up find ways to lose.
I've never seen a pro go up and tell the official "look, that ball was out, it's his point"
Actually Bjorn Borg did it multiple times against G Vilas, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors. I have also seen the hothead Ivan Lendl do it at least once.
