World Team Tennis’ shot clock continues to push the sport

If players don’t serve within the 25-second allotted time and fans are invited to count down with the clock, a la college basketball they receive a warning after the first violation and a loss of first serve or point penalty on subsequent violations.

With the shot clock, the Mylan WTT is simply enforcing the time rules already in place on the ATP and WTA tours.

Just last week Wimbledon quarterfinalist Vasek Pospisil, after taking time to look at his notebook all match, received a time warning and a time violation that took away his first serve late in the second set of his match against Andy Murray, both at critical points.

The shot clocks, which will be positioned at each baseline in the area where fans see serve speeds at Grand Slams, are the latest innovation of a league that has creatively pushed its sport.

Kloss and longtime WTT player-turned-coach John-Laffnie de Jager hope the shot clock is the latest novelty to trickle into the mainstream.

“The (International Premiere Tennis League) that just played in December, they had a shot clock and it worked well,” de Jager said.

Mylan WTT will have some of the sport’s top players testing the shot clock domestically.