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"Gordon Cameron" <gcameron@neteze.com > wrote in message news:9757ab12.0406192138.5f84ae25@posting.google.com... > 3) John McEnroe, 1984 (?): "Answer the QUESTION, jerk!" Stockholm, IIRC. Others: Roddick, USO 2001: "What is wrong with you? What are you? Are you an absolute MORON?" Less offensive but funnier at Wimbledon 2001: "I don't have much of a chance anyway but when you miss calls by two inches..." Not quite snit-fit but related my favourite incident was in RG 1999: facing a matchpoint, Hingis went to whine to umpire about how crowd noise had disturbed her underhand serve (!!). Argument went on for a while until Graf finally got fed up and marched to umpire's chair and snapped "Are we here to play tennis or just sit and chat around?" |
> Not quite snit-fit but related my favourite incident was in RG 1999: facing > a matchpoint, Hingis went to whine to umpire about how crowd noise had > disturbed her underhand serve (!!). Argument went on for a while until Graf > finally got fed up and marched to umpire's chair and snapped "Are we here to > play tennis or just sit and chat around?" I *adore* Steffi. Btw, what about the Tarango and wife vs. Rebeuh incident? |
news:193gy0kjn6dkp$.dlg@littleearthquakes.net... > Yama wrote: > > > Not quite snit-fit but related my favourite incident was in RG 1999: facing > > a matchpoint, Hingis went to whine to umpire about how crowd noise had > > disturbed her underhand serve (!!). Argument went on for a while until Graf > > finally got fed up and marched to umpire's chair and snapped "Are we here to > > play tennis or just sit and chat around?" > > I *adore* Steffi. > Btw, what about the Tarango and wife vs. Rebeuh incident? I love the way Tarago's wife stood up for him in her cute French accent. Anyone know if they are still together? |
wrote: > > Not quite snit-fit but related my favourite incident was in RG 1999: > facing > a matchpoint, Hingis went to whine to umpire about how crowd noise had > disturbed her underhand serve (!!). Argument went on for a while until > Graf > finally got fed up and marched to umpire's chair and snapped "Are we > here to > play tennis or just sit and chat around?" There were so many Hingis snit-fits during that final. Going around to Graf's side of the net to look at a mark. Extended bathroom break mid 3rd set, during which she not only changed clothes but fixed her hair. Storming off the court at the end, intending not to return. Others... How about Capriati's various foul-mouthed tirades? The Venus Williams/Spirlea bump and subsequent big white turkey incident wg |
> How about Capriati's various foul-mouthed tirades? > > The Venus Williams/Spirlea bump and subsequent big white turkey > incident > Hana Mandlikova deserves a mention for giving linespeople the finger at the Canadian Open one year, and for smashing the scoreboard with her racquet at the 1987 US Open. ___________________________ samn <at > techie <dot> com |
news:Xns950EBE3B0C81Asamntechiecom@130.133.1.4: > Hana Mandlikova deserves a mention for giving linespeople the finger > at the Canadian Open one year, Ah, but Capriati went one step better at the 2002 AO final, going to the chair and calling for the f***ing referee to change one of the line judges. :-) -- Ted Schuerzinger http://tedstennis.tripod.com/index.html An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. -- Konrad Adenauer |
<wendyg@cix.compulink.co.uk > wrote in message news:cb4ft7$1ev$1@thorium.cix.co.uk... > In article <cb3v4p$cn7$1@ousrvr3.oulu.fi>, yama212@SPAMyahoo.co.uk (Yama) > wrote: > > > > > Not quite snit-fit but related my favourite incident was in RG 1999: > > facing > > a matchpoint, Hingis went to whine to umpire about how crowd noise had > > disturbed her underhand serve (!!). Argument went on for a while until > > Graf > > finally got fed up and marched to umpire's chair and snapped "Are we > > here to > > play tennis or just sit and chat around?" > > There were so many Hingis snit-fits during that final. Going around to > Graf's side of the net to look at a mark. Extended bathroom break mid 3rd > set, during which she not only changed clothes but fixed her hair. > Storming off the court at the end, intending not to return. > > Others... > > How about Capriati's various foul-mouthed tirades? > > The Venus Williams/Spirlea bump and subsequent big white turkey incident > > wg All good. But what takes the cake for me is the recent "Petty" Patty Schnyder - Conchita Martinez snit-fit at the Family Circle Cup where Patty would keep balls in her pocket while Conchita was serving so that she couldn't have them back. Patty wouldn't shake Martinez's hand after the match, grumbling "I don't need her," among other things. Dave |
"Yama" <yama212@SPAMyahoo.co.uk > wrote in message news:cb3v4p$cn7$1@ousrvr3.oulu.fi... > > "Gordon Cameron" <gcameron@neteze.com> wrote in message > news:9757ab12.0406192138.5f84ae25@posting.google.com... > > 3) John McEnroe, 1984 (?): "Answer the QUESTION, jerk!" > > Stockholm, IIRC. > > Others: Roddick, USO 2001: "What is wrong with you? What are you? Are you > an absolute MORON?" > Less offensive but funnier at Wimbledon 2001: "I don't have much of a > chance anyway but when you miss calls by two inches..." > > Not quite snit-fit but related my favourite incident was in RG 1999: > facing a matchpoint, Hingis went to whine to umpire about how crowd > noise had disturbed her underhand serve (!!). Argument went on for a > while until Graf finally got fed up and marched to umpire's chair and > snapped "Are we here to play tennis or just sit and chat around?" More exactly: "Can we play tennis, or are we just standing around, talking a little bit?" I nearly missed match point because I was laughing so hard. Let's not forget some of Capriati's outbursts, especially the 2002 AO final. I forget the exact lead-in, but Capriati was arguing with the umpire about something and said something like, "Well, get the f-----g referee out here then!" And then there was Mandlikova trying to demolish a scoreboard while losing at the USO (1987, I think). Navratilova's and Tauziat's complaints about Seles' grunting at Wimbledon 1992 (like they never heard her before). Probably most idiotic snit-fit in the women's game belongs to BJK. At the 1973 USO, she was trailing 1-4 in the 3rd set. When her opponent, ie Heldman, correctly complained that King was taking far longer than the 1 minute allowed for changeovers, King walked off the court hissing: "If you want the match that badly, you can have it." The men have a far richer history of snit-fits. McEnroe, Connors, Nastase. McEnroe, 1990 AO: "Just go f--k your mother!" McEnroe, Wimbledon 1981: calling the umpire the "pits of the world." McEnroe, FO 1983, yelling obscenities at the ump and kicking a camera. Probably Nastase had the wackiest snit-fit results: 1975 Masters, Arthur Ashe finally lost his temper due to Nasty's antics, and walked off the court, even though he was winning, thus forfeiting the match. The umpire, however, defaulted Nastase as Ashe walked off the court. So for a while it was a double default, until the officials instated Ashe as the winner. Then there was the default that didn't stick. 1979 USO versus McEnroe (of all people), Nastase hit his 4th violation and was defaulted -- only to have the umpire overruled and removed by the tournament director out of fear of a hostile crowd reaction. |
"Amy Cottrell" <amy.cottrell.Remove.This@gte.net.To.Reply > wrote in message news:GakBc.6386$mG4.5497@nwrddc03.gnilink.net... > More exactly: "Can we play tennis, or are we just standing around, talking a > little bit?" I nearly missed match point because I was laughing so hard. Well, admittably situation was hilarious at some level...mostly, I was however watching it with my mouth open... > obscenities at the ump and kicking a camera. Probably Nastase had the > wackiest snit-fit results: 1975 Masters, Arthur Ashe finally lost his temper > due to Nasty's antics, and walked off the court, even though he was winning, > thus forfeiting the match. The umpire, however, defaulted Nastase as Ashe > walked off the court. So for a while it was a double default, until the > officials instated Ashe as the winner. Hahaha...talk about biased refereeing :) Right on! |
"Amy Cottrell" <amy.cottrell.Remove.This@gte.net.To.Reply > wrote in message news:GakBc.6386 Then there was the default that > didn't stick. 1979 USO versus McEnroe (of all people), Nastase hit his 4th > violation and was defaulted -- only to have the umpire overruled and removed > by the tournament director out of fear of a hostile crowd reaction. The best part of that match was when the net cord judge called a let serve to the deteriment of Nastase and when the players switched sides Nastase walked behind the guy and tipped the man's hat so it fell on his face. Nastase just kept walking as the guy scowled at him. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
<Zenyatta > wrote in message news:40d5f520_6@corp.newsgroups.com... > > "Amy Cottrell" <amy.cottrell.Remove.This@gte.net.To.Reply> wrote in message > news:GakBc.6386 Then there was the default that > > didn't stick. 1979 USO versus McEnroe (of all people), Nastase hit his 4th > > violation and was defaulted -- only to have the umpire overruled and removed > > by the tournament director out of fear of a hostile crowd reaction. > > The best part of that match was when the net cord judge called a let serve to the > deteriment of Nastase and when the players switched sides Nastase walked > behind the guy and tipped the man's hat so it fell on his face. Nastase just kept walking > as the guy scowled at him. > God, Nasti... he was a dick with *style*. Always retained a sense of humor about things. You got the sense that on some level he was laughing his head off at the ridiculous situations he created. Compared to him, all the other contenders - in order, Connors, Mac, Tarango, Capriati (who am I forgetting?) - were surly boors. |
><Zenyatta> wrote in message news:40d5f520_6@corp.newsgroups.com... >> >> "Amy Cottrell" <amy.cottrell.Remove.This@gte.net.To.Reply> wrote in >message >> news:GakBc.6386 Then there was the default that >> > didn't stick. 1979 USO versus McEnroe (of all people), Nastase hit his >4th >> > violation and was defaulted -- only to have the umpire overruled and >removed >> > by the tournament director out of fear of a hostile crowd reaction. >> >> The best part of that match was when the net cord judge called a let serve >to the >> deteriment of Nastase and when the players switched sides Nastase walked >> behind the guy and tipped the man's hat so it fell on his face. Nastase >just kept walking >> as the guy scowled at him. >> >God, Nasti... he was a dick with *style*. Always retained a sense of humor >about things. You got the sense that on some level he was laughing his head >off at the ridiculous situations he created. Compared to him, all the other >contenders - in order, Connors, Mac, Tarango, Capriati (who am I >forgetting?) - were surly boors. Nastase was an unusual case. Back when he was current, he was on talks shows, etc. In every case that I saw, he was really quite restrained and shy. You could see the hosts trying to egg him on. There was one time when, after they had seated him and talked to him for a while, trying to get a rise out of him, they brought on a really hot chick of the time--some starlet. The host hoped to have him run amok (as I had seen Woody Allen do, a couple of times, on talk shows, under similar circumstances), but he was very shy. But anywhere near a court or a tennis racquet, and he was a different person--it was like some powerful drug--and he was a man possessed. I can recall going to an exhibition match in LA in the early 80's. He came in, unannounced, as a spectator. The people went nuts. Word spread and people were approaching him, wanting to touch him. It was like Jesus showing up among the disciples. Again, he seemed very surprised at the attention. He was a very showy, but marginally effective, player. Or rather, not the player he could have been, given his potential. But no LeConte, either. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shit <------------------------------------------------------------ > Shinola "Which is which?" --Sawfish |
> He was a very showy, but marginally effective, player. Or rather, not the > player he could have been, given his potential. What on earth are you talking about? Nastase a 'marginally effective' player! I agree that, with his talent, he should have won more Grand Slam titles and often lost himself matches through the way he behaved, but he still won well over 100 pro-titles, which not many players have done. Only Nastase and McEnroe appear in the top 10 of both singles and doubles titles won. If you class these results as being those of a 'marginally effective' player, what would you expect from one who was more effective? |
>> >> He was a very showy, but marginally effective, player. Or rather, not the >> player he could have been, given his potential. >What on earth are you talking about? Nastase a 'marginally effective' >player! Wipe the foam from your jowls and read the sentence that follows: "Or rather, not the player he could have been, given his potential." It was right up there for you to read, if you had taken the trouble. I assume you watched him play. I'm basing my conclusion on my obeservations of what he was doing on court, not a statistical accumulation of titles of varying quality. >I agree that, with his talent, he should have won more Grand Slam >titles and often lost himself matches through the way he behaved, but >he still won well over 100 pro-titles, which not many players have >done. Only Nastase and McEnroe appear in the top 10 of both singles >and doubles titles won. >If you class these results as being those of a 'marginally effective' >player, what would you expect from one who was more effective? More dominance. He was not a dominant player, in my opinion. He was more like Gerulaitis. I think he was better than Gerulaitis, and potentially better that that, still. -- --Sawfish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would accept someone like me as a member." --G. Marx |
wrote: >I haven't seen a lot of the classics, but from what I have seen, my >favorites would be: > >1) Jimmy Connors USO 1991: "You are an ABORTION, do you know that?" >Surely the most horrible thing I have ever heard a player say to an >umpire. Today's pros are absolute gentlemen compared to Jimbo. > >2) Greg Rusedski, Wimbledon 2003: "Well done, well done!" Greg knows >the words but not the music. Sheer awkwardness made this one work. I thought that diatribe, which continued during the changeover, was marvelous, almost Monty- Pythonesque . . . . >3) John McEnroe, 1984 (?): "Answer the QUESTION, jerk!" Roddick's "Are you an absolute moron?" was extremely funny and to the point, if a bit poignant, considering the context and the consequences. -- Why isn't The Tennis Channel on Adelphia? |