It might seem unbelievable, but tantrums and tantrums in tennis players around the world they are more common than is thought; What better example than that of the Olympic champion Alexander Zverevwho just on the third day of the Mexican Open from Acapulcowas expelled from the tournament for hitting his racket against the judge’s chair at the end of the match that he lost to the Brazilian Marcelo Melo.
German Zverev’s fit of rage was just one of several cases of tennis players who have lost their temper on the court and who, due to their aggressive actshave remained in the look of the world and world critics.
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From Djokovicup to the Swiss Roger Federer; we present you the most unusual tantrums and tantrums caught on video that tennis players around the world have had.
Alexander Zverev
The German Alexander Zverev, current Olympic champion, was expelled from the Opened Mexican of tennis, which is played in Acapulco, for his violent reaction at the end of a second-round doubles match.
Annoyed by a referee’s performance, Zverev slammed his racket against the judge’s chair. The second blow was about to hit the judge’s right foot.
Zverev sat for a few moments on his bench and got up again to address the referee and yell at him and to hit his chair again with his racket.
Novak Djokovic
In September 2021, the Serbian Novak Djokovic exploded and broke his racket in front of millions of people after losing the final of the US Open on Sunday against the Russian Daniil Medvedev and stay one step away from completing the first Grand Slam of men’s tennis for 52 years.
Djokovic, 34 years old, couldn’t control his temper and exploded hitting his racket repeatedly, breaking it in full view of the audience, who immediately began to boo him because the action was not to his liking.
It should be noted that it is not the first time that Djokovic has exploded and broken his racket as it also happened in the Australian Open in 2021 and in the Tokyo Olympics where he threw his sports instrument into the stands, fortunately due to the covid-19 pandemic, there was no public.
Roger Federer
That’s right, until Roger Federer who a couple of years ago was the best tennis player in the world had a break in attitude in his career.
It all happened in Miami in 2019, in the final of the US Open against Juan Martin del Potrowhen Federer, then 27 years old, lost patience and hit his racket on the ground breaking it.
In addition, the Swiss made claims to the judge, which cost him a sanction. Federer repeated the act of breaking his racket in the memorable final he played against Djokovic.
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Serena Williams
Also at the US Open, one of the best tennis players in the world, Serena Williams he could not contain his feelings and exploded in front of thousands of people.
On that occasion the American threatened the line judge after he marked several fouls on the serve.
Such was his anger that in addition to hitting and breaking his racket, he leveled up and started insulting the judgesThere are even those who say that they even received death threats from Williams.
Andy Roddick
The American Andy Roddick He also enters our list of anger because on several occasions he has shamelessly shown his great anger against the tennis line judges.
And it is that Roddick did not used to have a good relationship with the referees. One of the most remembered scenes of the tennis player was in the Australian Open when he started yelling at them and insulting the authorities.
The moment was recorded on television and broadcast before the eyes of millions. In the video you can clearly hear the judges recriminating if they had finished school and that they will dedicate themselves to doing their job well.
Mark Baghdatis
Another of the most memorable tantrums that went around the world was that of the tennis player from Cyprus Mark Baghdatis.
And it is that in the 2012 Australian Open, the player broke four rackets in a rowthat’s right, four rackets, some without even taking them out of their packaging.
As a result of his fit of rage, he was fined just 800 dollars.
david nalbandian
david nalbandian He also managed to enter the history of world tennis, but not precisely for any remarkable achievement.
After his disqualification in the Queen’s ATP final, the Cordovan became the first player in the open era to be disqualified in a final.
It was not the only time that Nalbandian was in the look of criticism for his violent acts, because in 2012, he was known for harshly insulting the line judges.
Gaston Gaudio
How to forget the Argentine Gaston Gaudio who was known for shouting and reproaching at all times during his matches.
But the most curious thing about Gaudio is that he insulted himself. That’s right, on many occasions the Argentine tennis player reproached himself for the bad game he was doing, even without shame he shouted from the rooftops “I’m having a bad time“.
Gastón Gaudio was sanctioned when on one occasion he could not contain himself and his fury rose to a higher level, because instead of insulting him, he even told the judges that they were going to die.
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