{"id":1111,"date":"2016-01-06T19:55:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T11:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/06\/tennis-player-telling-opponent-to-challenge-out-call-is-pure-sportsmanship\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T19:55:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T11:55:20","slug":"tennis-player-telling-opponent-to-challenge-out-call-is-pure-sportsmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/06\/tennis-player-telling-opponent-to-challenge-out-call-is-pure-sportsmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis player telling opponent to challenge &#039;out&#039; call is pure sportsmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hewitt-shock\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzA2LzM3L2hld2l0dHNob2NrLjA3MTFmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/1dedd6a6\/18d\/hewitt-shock.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Tennis+player+telling+opponent+to+challenge+%27out%27+call+is+pure+sportsmanship&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F06%2Ftennis-player-out-call%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F06%2Ftennis-player-out-call%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You&#8217;d expect two players in a competitive tennis match to grind out every point, battling to the end.<\/p>\n<p>Not American tennis player Jack Sock, playing against Australian Lleyton Hewitt during a Hopman Cup match on Tuesday night<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt served, with the umpire calling out on the ball. Sock decided to intervene, saying, &#8220;It was in, if you want to challenge it,&#8221; to a rather bemused Hewitt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Challenge it!&#8221; Sock shouted, before Hewitt decided to tell the umpire to check the replay. 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