French tennis player Gael Monfils DESTROYED THE CLOCK at the U.S. Open and we only have more questions.
Gael Monfils’ destructive jump kick revealed the inner workings of the US Open wall clock
We have many questions about how this works now.
- How exactly is this clock constructed?
- It appears to be made up of small cubes of LEDs, which is why it looks so disproportionately put together during the last frame?
- And it isn’t really securely put into the wall, either? To be fair, Monfils really kicked the hell outta it. Most clocks aren’t designed to stand up to that sort of abuse.
- While we’re talking about clocks, my grandma has a clock and the 12 hours are birds. For each hour, it has a different bird song it’ll make throughout the house, one or two of them lasting nearly 10 seconds. My grandma has been in that house for, like, 30 years, and it’s been there for as long as I remember visiting her. Somehow, that damn clock still hasn’t broken. Every hour, you get a bird chirping at you. Most people associate fresh cookies or constant snacks or freezing temperatures or really anything else with their grandparents’ house. I associate an hourly bird call coming from the wall between the living room and the kitchen. It’s a weird thing, I know.
- Sorry for making you read six paragraphs about my grandma’s bird clock.
- Monfils swept the match in three sets and will move on to the second round of the U.S. Open. We can only hope this clock destruction continues.
Anyway, they ended up fixing the clock.
And it was only barely broken.
The sinister inner workings are hidden once again.
