Tennis player Dan Evans pulls off 'shot of the year' at Australian Open qualifying

[Deleted member 29185]

Not wanting to take away from a great shot, but isn't this an absolutely stupid thing to write from a journalist, given when she wrote it, "the year" was only 10 days old!

 

[snabbu]

I'd put a few early $$ on that being the best shot of 2019. Brilliant stuff.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

I'd put a few early $$ on that being the best shot of 2019. Brilliant stuff.

Ah yes, but you are betting it will ... she is stating it is! Her crystal ball must be working well.

 

[Happy Trails]

... she is stating it is! Her crystal ball must be working well.

Not really:

"British tennis player Dan Evans pulled out possibly the 'shot of the year' during qualifying for the 2019 Australian Open."

 

[TomVexille]

It will take a fair bit to beat that, and probably is the best shot of 2019... for now

 

[burmans]

I think swanning_it is refering to the headline! To be pedantic though I'm pretty sure that was due to the editor rather than the journalist.

 

[Happy Trails]

I think swanning_it is refering to the headline! To be pedantic though I'm pretty sure that was due to the editor rather than the journalist.

But even the headline (and indeed the thread title) has it in quotation marks.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

But even the headline (and indeed the thread title) has it in quotation marks.

It's still a statement. So what, she changes her mind?? It's a headline grabber which is stupid 10 days into a year. That was my point.

 

[kermatu]

Irrelevant if his opponent had actually kept playing after his own shot.