9000tennis
04-02-2007, 06:40 AM
Reading the post about the most famous jerk in USTA league, I've decided to write a similar story about a player, his identity kept secret of course, who may very well be the biggest jerk in Danish tennis.
So here it goes: The jerk - a short story (or something)
The story starts in 1998. I'm 15 years old at the time, but still I played on our seniors team, like many Danish tennis talents does (I wasn't a big talent though). My team had managed to win the league and therefore had to play the finals of the regional championships, and this is where I first met the man many would decribe as a complete and utter jerk.
We started off with the doubles. My friend and I playing against "the jerk" and his partner. From the start we found out that there was something wrong with this guy. He went crazy over wierd balls and generally treated his partner very bad. But that was just to our advantage. We were firmly ahead in the first set, when my partner double faulted. But then "the jerk" out of nowhere decided to celebrate like he won the match, fists pumping and everything, screaming YEAH YEAH. First we thought he was joking because we were winning, but he was serious. My partner and I just laughed a bit at him behind his back and managed to win the set without losing a game.
Then at the start of the second set the jerk got an easy shot at the net, where my partner stood. He could just have hit the ball anywhere and still made a winner, but he decided to hit my partner as hard as he could in his chest. From experience we were a bit used to this, so we didn't go mad or anything, but then the jerk started acting like he won the match AGAIN, screaming and fists pumping and everything. A normal apology would be accepted, but nothing we demanded. But this behavior??? That guy was out of control. His partner then came and apologized. But of course, in the next game he does the exact same thing. It's totally accepted to shoot for your apponent, but his behavior was, again, out of control. But my partner had had enough. He walked up to the net and more or less told the guy NEVER to come to the net. It's funny how jerks can get your blood going like that. So the rest of the match he went up to the net a few times only to find us shooting directly against him. We won 6-0, 6-1.
I had to play singles against the jerk. I was playing solid tennis and won 6-1, 6-0. He cheated very much, but I did not let that affect me. From time to time I just said to him "Cheat all you want, I'll still win the match". After the game I just walked over to my partner, who was playing singles next to me and congratulated him on winning the championships (we could not lose or get a draw after I won my match). Immediately after I had beaten the jerk he just took all his stuff and got into his car and drove away. The rest of his team were just stood there. We gave them some champagne. They were nice people. They told us that noone in their club talked to this guy and noone liked him.
The story could end here, but I doesn't. The jerk is back!!
Last year we again saw the return of the jerk. He had changed clubs and we were to play against his team.
My partner and I remembered the guy, so we talked a bit behind his back about what an idiot his was, and we kinda hoped he had grown up a bit. I think he's in his mid-30'ies. But were we wrong!
We started off with the doubles. Luckily my partner and I did not have to play him in doubles. The 2 other guys in my team had to. From the beginning he cheated, but this time his partner was overruling him, but also he was very furious at my team for no reason what so ever. My team is clearly winning their doubles and trying to have a good time, but again the jerk manages to ruin that. One of my team's players gets an easy smash at the net with the jerk standig just over the net. My team mate could have hit the smash straight at the jerk, but just decided to give the ball a gentle touch, because the jerk turned around. He didn't hit him, but right after the ball was played the jerk turns around screaming as loud as he can at my friend, telling him that he is a big idiot because he tried to hit him. The smash was 1 km/h, very very soft and did not hit him. The jerk then takes a ball a fires at hard as he can towards my friend, who is standing 2 metres from him. Luckily he did not hit him, because that could very well have broken his nose or hurt his eye. My other team mate then runs towards the jerk almost ready to get into a fist fight, doing what all of us wanted. But me being team captain manages to get in between the two, holding my team mate back, saying it's not worth it. He calms down and they win the match very easily. But already there is a very bad atmosphere.
My doubles partner played against the jerk in singles. He won 6-0, 6-0. After acing the jerk in the first point, the jerk throws his racquet at the fence and more or less gives up. After the match the jerk leaves not thinking about his team mates at all. We all discussed what a jerk he was, the other team said that he had played his last match for that club.
But he didn't....
I have a friend, who plays for another team in my league, who also shared his experience with the jerk.
My friend's team travelled over 100 kilometers to play against the jerks club, but due to a flat tire they showed up 15 minutes late. They even called ahead saying they had a flat tire and would be a little late. The jerk's team captain said that that was no problem, take your time changing the tire.
But when they arrived and got on court for warm-ups the jerk said that he wanted to play his singles game NOW, walking on to the court alone and threw his racquet a number of times against the fence screaming how angry he was that the opponents was 15 minutes late. That he could not accept it.
My friend had to play against him, and he was far the superior player. My friend won the first set easily, but right at the start of the second set, the jerk took cheating to new levels. He called balls out that were 1 meter in. And he did that repeatedly. He also screamed and acted badly, and especially called my friend many many things not worth mentioning here due to foul language. There was no way my friend could win the match with the jerk's cheating even though the jerk's team captain said that he should stop cheating now or else he would be kicked off the team for good. The jerk just told his team captain to **** off basicly. My friend just had enough and walked away knowing that he would take a default. The jerk just got to him.
Hopefully the jerk's story stops here, but we can only wait till next season to find out.
So all in all, jerks can be found anywhere, and some a bigger than others. I know that if I play him again and he starts cheating and acting bad, I'll report him to the tennis federation.
Cheers for reading:p
So here it goes: The jerk - a short story (or something)
The story starts in 1998. I'm 15 years old at the time, but still I played on our seniors team, like many Danish tennis talents does (I wasn't a big talent though). My team had managed to win the league and therefore had to play the finals of the regional championships, and this is where I first met the man many would decribe as a complete and utter jerk.
We started off with the doubles. My friend and I playing against "the jerk" and his partner. From the start we found out that there was something wrong with this guy. He went crazy over wierd balls and generally treated his partner very bad. But that was just to our advantage. We were firmly ahead in the first set, when my partner double faulted. But then "the jerk" out of nowhere decided to celebrate like he won the match, fists pumping and everything, screaming YEAH YEAH. First we thought he was joking because we were winning, but he was serious. My partner and I just laughed a bit at him behind his back and managed to win the set without losing a game.
Then at the start of the second set the jerk got an easy shot at the net, where my partner stood. He could just have hit the ball anywhere and still made a winner, but he decided to hit my partner as hard as he could in his chest. From experience we were a bit used to this, so we didn't go mad or anything, but then the jerk started acting like he won the match AGAIN, screaming and fists pumping and everything. A normal apology would be accepted, but nothing we demanded. But this behavior??? That guy was out of control. His partner then came and apologized. But of course, in the next game he does the exact same thing. It's totally accepted to shoot for your apponent, but his behavior was, again, out of control. But my partner had had enough. He walked up to the net and more or less told the guy NEVER to come to the net. It's funny how jerks can get your blood going like that. So the rest of the match he went up to the net a few times only to find us shooting directly against him. We won 6-0, 6-1.
I had to play singles against the jerk. I was playing solid tennis and won 6-1, 6-0. He cheated very much, but I did not let that affect me. From time to time I just said to him "Cheat all you want, I'll still win the match". After the game I just walked over to my partner, who was playing singles next to me and congratulated him on winning the championships (we could not lose or get a draw after I won my match). Immediately after I had beaten the jerk he just took all his stuff and got into his car and drove away. The rest of his team were just stood there. We gave them some champagne. They were nice people. They told us that noone in their club talked to this guy and noone liked him.
The story could end here, but I doesn't. The jerk is back!!
Last year we again saw the return of the jerk. He had changed clubs and we were to play against his team.
My partner and I remembered the guy, so we talked a bit behind his back about what an idiot his was, and we kinda hoped he had grown up a bit. I think he's in his mid-30'ies. But were we wrong!
We started off with the doubles. Luckily my partner and I did not have to play him in doubles. The 2 other guys in my team had to. From the beginning he cheated, but this time his partner was overruling him, but also he was very furious at my team for no reason what so ever. My team is clearly winning their doubles and trying to have a good time, but again the jerk manages to ruin that. One of my team's players gets an easy smash at the net with the jerk standig just over the net. My team mate could have hit the smash straight at the jerk, but just decided to give the ball a gentle touch, because the jerk turned around. He didn't hit him, but right after the ball was played the jerk turns around screaming as loud as he can at my friend, telling him that he is a big idiot because he tried to hit him. The smash was 1 km/h, very very soft and did not hit him. The jerk then takes a ball a fires at hard as he can towards my friend, who is standing 2 metres from him. Luckily he did not hit him, because that could very well have broken his nose or hurt his eye. My other team mate then runs towards the jerk almost ready to get into a fist fight, doing what all of us wanted. But me being team captain manages to get in between the two, holding my team mate back, saying it's not worth it. He calms down and they win the match very easily. But already there is a very bad atmosphere.
My doubles partner played against the jerk in singles. He won 6-0, 6-0. After acing the jerk in the first point, the jerk throws his racquet at the fence and more or less gives up. After the match the jerk leaves not thinking about his team mates at all. We all discussed what a jerk he was, the other team said that he had played his last match for that club.
But he didn't....
I have a friend, who plays for another team in my league, who also shared his experience with the jerk.
My friend's team travelled over 100 kilometers to play against the jerks club, but due to a flat tire they showed up 15 minutes late. They even called ahead saying they had a flat tire and would be a little late. The jerk's team captain said that that was no problem, take your time changing the tire.
But when they arrived and got on court for warm-ups the jerk said that he wanted to play his singles game NOW, walking on to the court alone and threw his racquet a number of times against the fence screaming how angry he was that the opponents was 15 minutes late. That he could not accept it.
My friend had to play against him, and he was far the superior player. My friend won the first set easily, but right at the start of the second set, the jerk took cheating to new levels. He called balls out that were 1 meter in. And he did that repeatedly. He also screamed and acted badly, and especially called my friend many many things not worth mentioning here due to foul language. There was no way my friend could win the match with the jerk's cheating even though the jerk's team captain said that he should stop cheating now or else he would be kicked off the team for good. The jerk just told his team captain to **** off basicly. My friend just had enough and walked away knowing that he would take a default. The jerk just got to him.
Hopefully the jerk's story stops here, but we can only wait till next season to find out.
So all in all, jerks can be found anywhere, and some a bigger than others. I know that if I play him again and he starts cheating and acting bad, I'll report him to the tennis federation.
Cheers for reading:p