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The USTA should get rid of the "Let" call in tennis like in college tennis, to prevent cheating and quicken the game

Created by D.Q. on June 08, 2015

In amateur and professional Tennis, the USTA allows the LET call on serves. When a serve is hit and touches the net and then goes into the correct service box a let can be called by anyone playing in that match, which automatically results in a redo of that serve, either First or Second. In college tennis they do not use the Let call because of rampant cheating by players calling Let calls on serves that resulted in service aces or winners, to give the receiving player another chance to return the serve. By not using the let call it also quickens the game up by not having to redo serves and as well as puts a stop to players arguing with the opponents as to whether the let call was correct or not. Even in Professional tennis the sensors are not fail safe and result in accuracy arguments.

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