Tennis Watching Rules: Prohibited From Looking At Them!

Illustration of watching tennis (Photo; Twitter/@Wimbledon)

YOGYAKARTA The rules for watching tennis cannot be equated with other sports, especially when watching the Grand Slam Wimbledon tournament. If in football matches, badminton, basketball, spectators are allowed to cheer up, at the Grand Slam tournament, the audience must be silent when the match is in progress.

Tennis Watching Rules

As is known, Grand Slam Wimbledon is one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world. Organizers require spectators to follow the rules they make in a disciplined manner.

Quoted by VOI from Wimbledon's official website, Sunday, November 13, 2022, the following are the rules for watching the tennis that must be obeyed when the match is underway:

When watching a grand slam, make sure to turn off your mobile phone, tablets and other communication devices, both in the audience sector and near the field. You are also not allowed to take pictures with flash.

Similar to the rules that apply in sporting events and other major entertainment events, the organizers prohibit the audience from using "tongsis" or "syssis sticks" while in the stands.

When the match took place, spectators were prohibited from entering and leaving the stands, unless the two tennis players had finished two games and would exchange places. Spectators are also prohibited from entering and leaving the stands during the tie break.

When watching the tournament, you are also prohibited from making noise or cheering. Especially when the tennis players perform a rally (buying punches for a long time).

Spectators are also not allowed to applaud when a service touches the net or during the double fault.

Spectators should not smoke, even with e-cigarettes. This prohibition applies in all match areas and places that are specially marked.

Smoking is only allowed when in the open, with some exceptions.

Spectators are not allowed to bring bottled drinks to the stands. Instead, spectators are allowed to bring in drinks in glasses / plastic stalls / papers.

Organizers prohibit spectators from bringing babies and children under the age of 5 to the stands.

From the rules for watching the tennis above, it can be concluded that the tennis match goes in a quiet atmosphere and the audience can only hear the sound of the ball bouncing, the sound of the players' shoes, and the sound of the players.

Every now and then, viewers are allowed to give applause at certain moments, such as scoring points. However, in general, tennis fans are very quiet during matches.

Reasons for Spectators to Be Silent When Watching Tennis

The audience's rules should not be noisy when watching a tennis match stems from the history of this sport itself.

In the 1870s, the tennis was first played in England by aristocrats. Sports is very exclusive to their side only. At first, British royal women played tennis still in dresses, complete with corsets.

Until now, the British Royal family still maintains its traditions very much. One of them is their attitude that they do not express their feelings freely. At that time, tennis audiences could not possibly cheer and sing chants like spectators of football, basketball or other sports games other than tennis.

Apart from historical reasons, the noise that comes from the audience can also interfere with the concentration of players.

World Tennis Magazine says tennis players need extreme concentration so viewers must be calm during matches.

When the audience cheered, the tennis players would find it difficult to hear the reflection of the opponent's ball. This condition makes it difficult for them to determine the strategy of the opponent.

That's the information regarding the rules for watching the Grand Slam tennis. Hopefully it will be useful!