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Hidden Earpiece Gets 8-Year-Old Booted From Tennis Tourney

by Will Safer on July 24, 2008 at 04:01 PM


An 8-year-old tennis player in New Zealand was recently booted out of a tournament for wearing a hidden earpiece, which her father rigged under her shirt and headband to help her keep track of the scores.

The idea of the clandestine earpiece reached a popular zenith when President George W. Bush was thought to have used one to help along his answers during a debate with Democratic candidate John Kerry and during interviews during the 2004 election campaign. Now, it seems, the kids are getting in on the act.

In the under-10 girls tournament of the Canterbury Junior Winter Tournament in New Zealand, players are required to keep track of their own scores and calls. Young Anastasiya Korzh, participating in her first competition, was having trouble focusing on her game and keeping the score in her head.

Her dad Demetr (also her coach) wired up his frustrated daughter on the third day of the tournament. He maintains that there was no cheating in mind, and that the earpiece was merely for helping her keep score.

Officials noticed the earpiece and disqualified Korzh from the tournament. [Source: The Telegraph.]

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