Chornomorets – Obolon
Football. Ukrainian Premier League
What is meant by psychological warfare in tennis?
Why does an opponent delay the game for?
Tennis can be a game of psychological warfare. Sometimes, your opponents will delay the game (tying their shoes, switching out balls, arguing calls, making a scene of the court, excessively toweling off between points, feigning injury, delaying the game, expressing emotional outbursts) to get you out of your rhythm or mess with your game.
While some gamesmanship is within the rules, it probably gets you angry, frustrated and breaks your concentration. These antics may even throw you off your game enough that you lose some sets.