Poisoned Slice
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I dunno.
Most gracious in defeat
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I agree about Novak. As for Tsonga, the problem is that he has become too used to losing. As one former great American Football coach once said "Show me a good loser and I will show you a LOSER" Not sure I agree with that, but that is the mind set of many great champions.
The Green Mile
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Well, of course when you already have a bias against Simon, the exceptions are going to have a strong impact. Though I hadn't really taken off court interviews into account enough, was merely going with what I thought would be main theme of this thread, which was immediately after MP and at the handshake. We just witnessed Simon lose to 'untalented' Lopez in a final set TB in a championship match, only to be gracious in defeat at both net and in the following speech.is that a joke ?
i think he acts 'ok' on the court but can be very bitter off court after losing (which sounds a bit fake in my book).
when he lost to gasquet in sydney, he said it wasn't an issue because he didn't really want to win that match, only to 'try some tactics'
how disrespectful of your opponent (who just beat you!) is that ?! (he was 0-3 against gasquet at that point !)
not to mention to whole 'untalented lopez' beef...
he also has a nadalesque tendency to often use injuries as an excuse......
I think you'd be hard pressed finding a player who hasn't sounded salty after a loss. I haven't seen the Gasquet interview, but I'm not going to take a random articles word for it. Could have easily been sarcasm/joke taking out of context (especially towards a friend), Simon has always been like this.
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Robert Baratheon
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vive le beau jeu !
Talk Tennis Guru
if you're talking about the few between MP and handshake... then ok, he doesn't act salty
King No1e
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Having the best backhand of all time is kinda disrespectful, no!!?
Poisoned Slice
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If the player goes home and behaves the same way with his loved ones then they are probably most gracious. Some good actors out there.
BeatlesFan
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I love Federer but Djokovic is by far the more gracious loser. That’s pretty obvious. He’s the most gracious loser of any of the ATG’s. Borg was a very perfunctory loser a lot of the time, and Lendl and Mac were cold as ice.
BeatlesFan
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Actually Agassi did that same thing when he lost the USO to Pete in 2002 and Roddick tried to “steal” Fed’s Wimbledon trophy in 2009. Novak wasn’t doing anything others haven’t done in the past.
HetTheGreaterer
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Uncle, I gonna moonball everyone to BH side, best way to win no!!?
Yes nephew, go moonball everyone to death... You win all time no!!
(2011 happens)
Uncle, its ombelleble no!! Jokerbot not breaking down at BH wing.. I'm retiring no!!
HetTheGreaterer
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A bad winner as well (sometimes)
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Fognini.
PerilousPear
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People will say Djokovic which could be a possibility but there's probably a 1000 ranked player or so that none of us have seen and is probably the right answer
Thing is that here, it is the big 3 that matters almost exclusively.
BeatlesFan
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I agree, I think the shirt-ripping-off gorilla moments from Djokovic are seriously cringe worthy and disrespectful, but that wasn't the question.
For me, this is desperately awful and titanically embarrassing, but it seems lots of people like it.
California
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Former players: Edberg by far...
Current: Anderson, Sam Q?
Current: Anderson, Sam Q?
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Sorry_to_tell_you_mate
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Del Potro by far.
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