Following Wilsonvilles lead, the city of Hillsboro bought netting to wrap around the tree, public affairs manager Patrick Preston told the Los Angeles Times. The Oregon Department of Agriculture visited the site to take samples and test whether pesticides also played a role.
because he had been warned previously and would lose a point, the chair umpire did nothing. What's the point of warning a player if you have no intention of docking him a point if he does it again and again? How anyone cannot see Nadal's tactics as gamesmanship bewilders me. -- Patrick Preston, Chicago