A Bad Cryptic Clue

From the Sunday Times: ‘In first set, server’s ball simply flies! (6)’. Indicator: In Wordplay: first set server’s ball simply Definition: flies In the Wordplay the words ‘ball simply’ are totally superfluous and unfair. In no way do they contribute to solving, and they definitely can’t be passed off as a connector. The compiler might argue that the answer is included in the whole phrase given, but it is also included in ‘first set, server’s incredible action and power, as well as the hardness of the balls and the slipperiness of the grass court, ensures each ball’, and no compiler would argue for that. In any endeavour, the pursuit of excellence requires letting go of bright ideas which don’t work. Too often compliers are unwilling to abandon a ‘clever’ anagram or inclusion when it refuses to resolve itself into a good clue. Sometimes they can fudge around the problem by introducing a hyphenated construction. That was not possible here so the compiler deliberately broke the contract with the solver. Solvers deserve better than that. If you find a setter who often breaks the rules ditch him Btw, the answer is Tsetse.