Nothing infuriates me more at the tennis club than this statement.

Everyone thinks they’re clever when they say it when you’re rallying against the wall. “Yup, can’t beat Mean Ol’ Mr. Wall! Hyuk hyuk hyuk!” The issue is that it’s not clever. It’s demonstrably false. Step-by-step guide to beating the wall:

[1] Hit the ball into the wall as high and as hard as you can.

That’s all. The wall will hit the ball out of bounds, and you will get the point. Unless you are severely disabled, injured, or dead, as long as you recognize that the wall has the literal IQ of a rock, you will emerge victorious.

This doesn’t even mention what happens when it’s the wall’s turn to serve. It will just stand there like a moron, incapable of retrieving a ball, let alone serving it to you. It will exceed the time limit every time. And when you call it out, it won’t even argue back. You can literally just stand there and you will never lose a return game.