tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15314101.post-64632411328548548472008-01-01T16:25:00.000+08:002008-01-01T16:25:00.000+08:00I was a photographer, courtside at the event. So happens I do know some of the players from a previous interaction. Even though they might not have performed as well as the Wimbledon ballboys or girls, I still feel that we should not denouce them so harshly. They only had 2 training sessions prior to the game. Just to let you know, there was a trained ball boy who participated in the Australian Open 2006 there. But he was put in the duty of linesmen. The more experienced players served the role as linesmen whereas the younger ones were the ballboys/girls. This is an opporutinity at exposure for them, and it's the first time for practically everyone. So I feel that we should actually encourage them rather than criticise them. Did you not forget Sylvester Wee's confident call of 'out'? Furthermore, Grand Slam events have courtside microphones, hence the calls are amplified. Like you mentioned, this is only an exhibition match. There were hence no microphones. From my position, the calls were rather audible in fact. I feel that we should rather give our full support to the Singapore tennis youths. Only then will the slogan, "Team Singapore, 4 million strong" be a truth.JunWeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904028081462033985noreply@blogger.com