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[quote=CANADAGUY,277490]>>BTW, the battle between Nadal and Djokovic is regarded as the battle of ball bouncers by Peter Bodo because these two guys usually bounce the ball many times before serving. Djokovic has approached the magic 30-bounce barrier. Nadal is similar with Djokovic. His rival Tsonga complained in an interview that he was bothered by ball bounces of Nadal.

Thus, some people suggest that there should be time limit for serving balls on the tennis court. What do you think of this idea? Is it necessary?<<

There is a time-limit for serving in ATP tennis. I don't remember off-hand what it is.

Lengthy ball-bouncing falls into two categories.

First if the ball-bouncing is excessive, then a player can go over their allotted time between points, as a server. If they do so, point penalties can be levied.

Secondly, excessive ball-bouncing is also unsportsmanlike conduct.
Penalties can be levied for this as well.
It's unsportsmanlike because the opponent who is returning serve never knows when to expect the serve. Will it be after 6 bounces or 16 bounces or 26 bounces?

It can really really wear on an opponents nerves after a while.

The best 'medicine' to give to people who bounce the ball excessively on their serve is to back off when they have bounced the ball too many times. That is, step back, put your hand up to motion that you are not ready to receive serve.

If you keep doing that every time your opponent bounces the ball too many times they will get the message very quickly.

They are not allowed to serve the ball until you are ready to receive it.

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