dicko Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—Organizers of the Australian Open canceled the highly anticipated Grand Slam event Wednesday night after admitting they were unable to prevent tennis balls from falling off the underside of the planet and into the sky. "We regret to announce we had not adequately researched the problems of playing tennis upside down here on the bottom of the world," a statement by tournament organizers read in part. "Our deepest, most sincere apologies go out to spectators, to participants, and especially to the family and friends of Kim Clijsters, who was last spotted by Royal Australian Air Force radar falling down through the atmosphere following an ill-advised jump serve." Sporting cognoscenti said the problems facing the Open were not insurmountable, pointing to the innovations that allowed Australian soccer to develop into Australian rules football in the 19th century. http://www.theonion.com/articles/australian-open-canceled-as-tennis-balls-fall-off,27181/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazolaman Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 It's a fair point, you'll need some kind of anti-gravity sphere there. This is what journalism is for, I had no idea this problem existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWalker Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You'd think they could have just put up a big net over the court to catch the falling/rising balls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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