, an official is a person who ensures that a match or tournament is conducted according to the International Tennis Federation
Rules of Tennis and other competition regulations.
At the highest levels of the sport, a team of up to eleven officials may be on court at any given time. These officials are broken up into categories based on their responsibility during the match. Contrastingly, many tennis matches are conducted with no officials present directly on court.
Tennis officials are certified by their respective national association.
3 because strength is heightened ten-fold by serenity, devoid of human obsessions and needs. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
2 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
2 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
2 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ~ Henrik Ibsen
4 because unlike the dictatorship where one person steers the ship, the community steers the ship. This, in some cases, is both damaging and positive...a mixture of thought and deduction, never solid, and moreso governed by the changing of times, parallel to how hard the wind blows the ship in a comparative image. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
3 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
3 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
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We can learn even from our enemies. ~ Ovid
3 because learning from friends and allies alone will never be enough. In order to understand one's enemies, one must study them and learn from them. Very militaristic strategist persona taken here. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)