is it supposed to be lower in the middle or is it magic of TV camera angles
Tell “your friend” to learn to take 5 seconds to look it up.
[It’s 6 inches higher at the ends.](3 feet in center, gradually rising to reach 3-foot 6-inch posts at a point 3 feet outside each side of court. Read more: Standard Measurements in Sports — Infoplease.com Standard Measurements in Sports)
Tell your friend to answer questions without being mean about it ):
OK.
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Of course nets are made that way by design. Simple physics dictates it to some degree. You can’ pull a net perfectly level if you tried. Kids often bend those cemented in posts trying to tension a net more level. Look at all the power lines around you too. They all sag greatly in the middle between the poles. Some of this is to allow for expansion, but more because the lines hang easier with the sag. I once tried that with my belt too and it was very embarrassing.
The middle of the net will always dip a little bit since the weight will bow it. But most likely the camera angle made it pop out in appearance to make it more noticeable. So its a little of both.
-Eric
from Midwest Tennis Sports
The net is 3’ in the middle and 3’ 6" at the ends. The middle is held down by a strap. The tension between this strap and the posts keeps the net tight. It’s not droop. It’s an intentional way to deal with fact that middle of the net would have far to much give if it were just stretched across the posts and balls hitting the tape towards the middle would always just dribble over.
My bad, your right.