Most annoying tennis player?

CCNM

Hall of Fame
If I had my choice between Petko's "shuffle" and J.W. Tsonga's macho pointing to himself, I'd choose Petko!
 

Rozroz

G.O.A.T.
If I had my choice between Petko's "shuffle" and J.W. Tsonga's macho pointing to himself, I'd choose Petko!

i think that as a loser of the match (disregard that you're a male, if you are ;) )
seeing the winner make those idiotic dance moves is more humiliating than Tsonga's routine 'win trademark'.. no? like the Stepanek worm move.
 

niff

Legend
Sorry Isner fans.. He gets my vote. It's like watching a male version of davenport. Lol!
Isner would be my pick too. Watching him move around the court, his soft expression ... something about it makes me seeeethe inside! :lol:
 

Hood_Man

G.O.A.T.
Gulbis. His run of form on clay in 20120 made him one of my dark horses for that years French Open, and then he crashes out in the first round.

Again, and again...

Every now and then he promises something special, wins a tournament, and then disappears again.
 

Shaolin

G.O.A.T.
^I agree...Gulbis is one of my favorite players to watch ever when he's on, but he just doesn't seem to care enough out there. Possibly the biggest waste of talent on tour.
 

NothingButNet

Semi-Pro
Can't stand Murray for all the aforementioned reasons (and possibly more deep-seated ones!)

....and hate looking at Ljubicic's headband-on-a-sweaty-egg look, with that depressed shuffle and super-annoying wind-up to his service motion.
 

devila

Banned
roddick badmouthed guys like monfils and djoker, but then he got his fat butt bashed. he lost wimbledon after he was the friendly and sycophant buddy to federer during the 2009 french open.

he acts like he's ultra-excited and taking tennis seriously, despite looking like a bored, bitter, drugged, nerve-wracked idiot.
 

Raiden

Hall of Fame
Federer. He won everything and its mother a million times already and yet he continues to win on tour, beating up on all my faves in the process.

He's also arrogant as **** and a whiny little ***** when he does lose, every once in a blue moon.

To quote Bon Qui Qui: "That dude needs to go. NEEDS. TO. GO."

And before all the Fed worshippers jump on my case, let me just say that I do NOT find his game "beautiful" (beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all) and that this is just my OPINION. Read my signature peeps!!!!

Coming from a DelPotro fan this is surprising...
But coming from a closet Nadal stan it's not surprising

There are many ways of being critical of Fed but that pretend-Pony-**** outs himself when he claims that Fed's game is coarse/ugly/etc

Making that kinda claim is a quintessential hardcore ********* trait (it's a tit-for-tat behaviour)
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papertank

Hall of Fame
Why does everyone say Stepanek? I'm just curious. The guy's facial expression is a little awkward, but that's it as far as I can see. Why do people not like him?
 

Juan Ma Del Pony

Professional
But coming from a closet Nadal stan it's not surprising (there are many ways of being critical of Fed but that pretend-pony-**** outs himself when he claims that Fed's game is coarse/ugly/etc - that's a quintessential hardcore ********* trait)
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What is "stan"? And I'm not a "pretend" Pony "****," I root for Pony no matter whom he is playing against, even Nadal, whom I don't even like as much as I like Djokovic.

Anyway you're not the only Pony fan in the world, and it is my right to not find Federer's game beautiful. I especially dislike it when hardcore Federer fans get their panties in a bunch and lecture me incessantly on the "beauty" of Fed's game. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all.

Overall your post is disgusting treatment of a fellow Pony fan from you jerriy. I won't be spending any more time arguing any of these points further. Good day to you, sir.
 
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monfed

Guest
Well,Djesus abuses Nadal's backhand to the hilt as well. Why is that just dandy while it's a crime against humanity if Nadal does the same thing to Fed?

Strong words.

Anyway, to answer your question -

1) On the premise that both BHs get abused equally(for argument's sake), Nadal's two hander in comparison with Fed's single hander has a smaller chance of breaking down(especially on a slow court like clay/slow HC) because a two hander is generally more solid compared to a single hander with a few exceptions such as Kuerten(one of the greatest clay courters ever) and Gasquet.

2) Fed's BH gets abused by a FH with the most topspin/RPM ever recorded in history(Nadal) while Nadal's BH gets abused by a FH with a much lesser topspin/RPM(Djokovic).



- Another thing to note(maybe not important) is that Nadal always lead the H2H against Djokovic(at one point it was 14-4 ,16-7 before 2011,16-14 currently) while Fed NEVER lead the H2H against Nadal given that their first encounter wasn't even clay(Miami 2004). Generally, extreme matchup issues are on display very early between two players like Fed against Nadal in Miami 04. I don't think it's reasonable to say that Fed had a mental block against Nadal in their very first match in Miami. Not to mention, Fed was in his prime while Nadal was a virtual unknown in 2004.
 
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monfed

Guest
I think you're my favorite Fed fan on this board, I love Mirka too :)

Nice to know,thank you. I like reading your posts too even if some are anti-Fed(which is something new.) :)

I like it when players respect each other, but I think Juan "bows down" to Federer too much these days. He almost acts pleased just to share the court with Federer. That's not going to get it done against Federer. I prefer Djoker, who respects Federer (let's not talk about Djoker's family, we all have crazies in our families!!), but he doesn't "bow down" to Federer anymore, and it shows in his matches against Fed since USO 2010-present. I hope DP emulates Djoker a little more in that respect, especially when going up against Fed.

Maybe Delpo should headbutt Fed at the net in their next match,it's easy since he's taller. ;)

And I love Rafa too, especially from 2004-2007 when he was the ONLY one who "took it" to Fed consistently. I don't particularly agree with you that his "method" of abusing Fed's BH with topspin is any less worthy than JMDP blasting Fed off the court with legendary serves and FH's, but again, I respect your right to your own opinion :)
So nice to see another Indian who's respectful on this board, BTW!!

That's nice of you to say, where you from?
 

Clarky21

Banned
Strong words.

Anyway, to answer your question -

1) On the premise that both BHs get abused equally(for argument's sake), Nadal's two hander in comparison with Fed's single hander has a smaller chance of breaking down(especially on a slow court like clay/slow HC) because a two hander is generally more solid compared to a single hander with a few exceptions such as Kuerten(one of the greatest clay courters ever) and Gasquet.

2) Fed's BH gets abused by a FH with the most topspin/RPM ever recorded in history(Nadal) while Nadal's BH gets abused by a FH with a much lesser topspin/RPM(Djokovic).



- Another thing to note(maybe not important) is that Nadal always lead the H2H against Djokovic(at one point it was 14-4 ,16-7 before 2011,16-14 currently) while Fed NEVER lead the H2H against Nadal given that their first encounter wasn't even clay(Miami 2004). Generally, extreme matchup issues are on display very early between two players like Fed against Nadal in Miami 04. I don't think it's reasonable to say that Fed had a mental block against Nadal in their very first match in Miami. Not to mention, Fed was in his prime while Nadal was a virtual unknown in 2004.



Backhand abuse is backhand abuse. There's no difference in Nadal hitting to Fed's weaker shot and Djesus hitting to Nadal's weaker shot. They are both taking advantage of a weakness in the other player. Besides,Fed's backhand has actually improved,and imo,is not the glaring weakness it once was. With Nadal's bh having gone to the dogs so badly,I would actually say that Fed's backhand is less of a liability than Nadal's right now.
 
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monfed

Guest
Backhand abuse is backhand abuse. There's no difference in Nadal hitting to Fed's weaker shot and Djesus hitting to Nadal's weaker shot. They are both taking advantage of a weakness in the other player.

Sounds like a cop out but OK whatever floats your boat I guess.

Besides,Fed's backhand has actually improved,and imo,is not the glaring weakness it once was. With Nadal's bh having gone to the dogs so badly,I would actually say that Fed's backhand is less of a liability than Nadal's right now.

Saying Fed's BH is a bigger liability than Nadal's is just something I can't agree with because it's going against the physics of stroke production. We'll just have to agree to disagree here.
 
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monfed

Guest
Hey man, I'm an Indian-American (born and brought up) but my immediate family's roots are in South India. What about you? I'm picturing you from North India for some reason...

I'm from Goa but living in Bangalore. Nice to meet you. :)
 

Juan Ma Del Pony

Professional
Ahh Goa...some day I will Go-a there ;) It's really beautiful, isn't it? Even though Bangalore is the "Silicon Valley" of India, I didn't feel very comfortable there the last time I visited India. Of course, that was over 10 years ago, so it's probably changed a lot since then.

Anyway, nice to "meet" you too :) Considering that I live in CA and it's 11:30PM here, I'll have to say goodbye to you now as well. The time difference btwn U.S. and India is brutal, isn't it? Catch ya later man...keep it classy!
 

DragonBlaze

Hall of Fame
Srs bsns this TT.

Lolz :lol:

I'm from Goa but living in Bangalore. Nice to meet you. :)

Ahh Goa...some day I will Go-a there ;) It's really beautiful, isn't it? Even though Bangalore is the "Silicon Valley" of India, I didn't feel very comfortable there the last time I visited India. Of course, that was over 10 years ago, so it's probably changed a lot since then.

Anyway, nice to "meet" you too :) Considering that I live in CA and it's 11:30PM here, I'll have to say goodbye to you now as well. The time difference btwn U.S. and India is brutal, isn't it? Catch ya later man...keep it classy!

We really need a count of all the Indians on these boards. There are so many of us!
 

coloskier

Legend
Male - tie between Djoker and Nadal with all the stalling and theatrics.
Female - tie between jet plane Azarenka and Shriekapova
 

devila

Banned
duck was used to fake praise about how respectful he was to every tennis player and older people so he thought he was smart and good for sports and entertainment "publicity".
 

devila

Banned
there were cracked courts at queen's club where he retired in the blake match and there was the houston broken clay tourney but roddick wasn't worried.

roddick looked ape crazy in the us open, but he was not really mad about anything because he knew he was a loser no matter what but he was raised to be self-absorbed and boastful about the money he collected. his mother desperately wanted him to do charity events that depended on his so-called fame.
 

billnepill

Hall of Fame
Anyone who ever beat Rafa or complained about his time wasting or fake MTOs. These players are the most annoying for me. Rafa is the most popular player on twitter so it is a given he should be allowed more things than the average joe
 
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