Even for tennis, this was exemplary sportsmanship.
Kansas City’s Jack Sock was playing hard-serving Lleyton Hewitt in the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia. Hewitt, trailing 4-5 in the first set, smashed a serve past Sock that the linesman called out. Sock shocked Hewett and everyone else when he said to his opponent, “That was in, if you want to challenge.” The crowd laughed; the umpire looked bemused, and Hewitt paused for a few seconds, then indeed challenged the call. Sure enough, the computer and camera showed that the serve was good, giving Hewett the point. He went on from there to win that set and eventually the match.
I’m sure that Sock will consider his Ethics Alarms honor more than sufficient compensation. He seems like that kind of guy.
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Ethics Alarms 
Thunderous Applause For This Guy!!!!!!
The classiest act of competitive sportsmanship! Thanks for sharing.
He got a pretty darned big hand, Jack. Almost as good as being written up in your blog. Basketball was fun when we called our own fouls. Dragons live forever but not so little boys.
Sounds like the Donald Trump standard—if I’m polling well, I must be right.
One of my favorite Jack Nicklaus lines: “Never turn down a compliment. Always say ‘thank you’ even if you don’t think the compliment is deserved.”
Jack Sock is from Kansas City. You’re welcome.
I needed a good story. Thanks.
What a great story, and thank you for posting it. I needed it!
This story reminded me of the famous Bobby Jones story, when he called the infraction on himself and lost the US Open. Later, a reporter praised him for his honesty. Jones replied…”You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.”
Thank you for posting that! It’s nice to see someone doing the right thing.