Have you guys ever seen a more polite racquet smash?

[haqq777]

Just came across this and thought I'd get people's thoughts on this.

I had never seen Rafa smash a racquet until now. This is the first time. And I wouldn't even exactly call this a smash per se. He just picked it up later and you can tell he was probably apologizing to his stick

P.S: I love the fact that he never smashes his stick even though one of my guilty pleasures is watching racquet smashes videos on Youtube.

 

[Noelan]

He is too scared of Uncle Tony to even think about it

Srs, it's a good thing

 

[Sysyphus]

Just came across this and thought I'd get people's thoughts on this.

I had never seen Rafa smash a racquet until now. This is the first time. And I wouldn't even exactly call this a smash per se. He just picked it up later and you can tell he was probably apologizing to his stick

P.S: I love the fact that he never smashes his stick even though one of my guilty pleasures is watching racquet smashes videos on Youtube.

Haha, nice gem, I would go so far as to say it was even a humble racquet smash.

I like that Rafa doesn't go all berserk on the racquets.

 

[octobrina10]

He is too scared of Uncle Tony to even think about it

Srs, it's a good thing

Rafa is the boss in his team.

 

[sportmac]

That's a pretty gentle smash! Speaking of which, I'd like to see players start to smash their racquets then walk over and hand it to some kid in the stands instead. Might calm them down a bit and they still get rid of the cursed thing.

 

[Tennisanity]

Roid rage

 

[Cup8489]

That's the type of smash where he's clearly frustrated, and had a momentary lapse of control, but still absolutely doesn't want to feel ungrateful. LOL at octobrina thinking Nadal is the boss.

 

[sportsfan1]

Good find, when is this from?

 

[Bender]

Roid rage

If this is roid rage I don't even want to know what Djokovic and Federer are on...


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[Bender]

Good find, when is this from?

Looks like 2009


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[haqq777]

Good find, when is this from?

Thanks. This is practice in Miami, 2009.

 

[Bukmeikara]

Thanks. This is practice in Miami, 2009.

It's odd considering the fact that he was on the back of RG,Wimbledon,Olympics,AO,Indian Wells title

 

[Sysyphus]

It's odd considering the fact that he was on the back of RG,Wimbledon,Olympics,AO,Indian Wells title

An eerie foresight of the upcoming Söderlingment perhaps?

 

[Tennisanity]

If this is roid rage I don't even want to know what Djokovic and Federer are on...


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Of course not Federer, cause he's clean.

 

[Deanjam]

This is pretty polite from Stan. No danger to anyone else.

 

[robok9]

This is pretty polite from Stan. No danger to anyone else.

I love the woman's reaction in the stands at 21 seconds. It pretty much looked like this --->

 

[6august]

Rafa is the boss in his team.

If Nadal is Michael then Toni is Vito.

Who's the boss, it depends on your view.

 

[octobrina10]

If Nadal is Michael then Toni is Vito.

Who's the boss, it depends on your view.

Who's the boss depends on who is the employer and who is an employee. A professional tennis player is not an employee on his team.

I have no idea who these 'Michael' and 'Vito' are.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

This is pretty polite from Stan. No danger to anyone else.

Ahahahaha, just calmly utterly destroys the racquet and goes back to his seat.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Who's the boss depends on who is the employer and who is an employee. A professional tennis player is not an employee on his team.

I have no idea who these 'Michael' and 'Vito' are.

Is Toni actually an employee of Nadal though, or just an unpaid mentor?

 

[ibbi]

Thats not a racquet smash, thats his forehand swing he's practicing

 

[octobrina10]

Is Toni actually an employee of Nadal though, or just an unpaid mentor?

Toni is a business partner of Rafa's father (Toni's older brother) and Toni gets his income/salary from their business. Rafa doesn't pay (directly) to U.Toni.