[M T]

Got it. Interesting strategy, who knew a service error was better than putting the ball in play. Perhaps we can employ it continuously all the way to a national championship. Wisconsin's.

You seem not to get it.  Let me put it in football terms.   If you want your receiver to catch the football, you throw it right to his chest, and slow enough for him to catch it.  Why in the world would you throw a bullet and  to where he has to jump to catch it, or really stretch to get it?   Doing so makes it more likely that you'll be off just enough so he doesn't catch it.  So, your completion rate goes down.  If all one cared about was missed passes, that would be a bad strategy.   But the number of missed passes isn't what counts in the long run.

Neither does the number of aces & service errors.

[M T]

Got it. Interesting strategy, who knew a service error was better than putting the ball in play. Perhaps we can employ it continuously all the way to a national championship. Wisconsin's.

You seem not to get it.  Let me put it in football terms.   If you want your receiver to catch the football, you throw it right to his chest, and slow enough for him to catch it.  Why in the world would you throw a bullet and  to where he has to jump to catch it, or really stretch to get it?   Doing so makes it more likely that you'll be off just enough so he doesn't catch it.  So, your completion rate goes down.  If all one cared about was missed passes, that would be a bad strategy.   But the number of missed passes isn't what counts in the long run.

Neither does the number of aces & service errors.