By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday June 30, 2025
The rules of tennis are strange, aren’t they?
If you get but by a ball that was heading for the back fence, before it hits the ground, you lose the point. Anna Bondar learned that the hard way during her 6-3, 6-1 loss to Elina Svitolina on Day 1 of Wimbledon?
Watch the point below.
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