The amusing idiosyncrasies of players whilst on the court

[Surecatch]

This could be a fun topic.....i notice a lot of them, although some or more "amusing than others, they are still present.

Here are some of the more obvious ones:

Sharapova: Facing wall before every point, fiddling with strings on racquet.
Nadal: Pulling at his underwear.
Federer: Twirling racquet whilst receiving serve.
Roddick: Plucking his sleeves at the shoulder after every point.
Bhagdatis and Isner: Bouncing ball between legs before serve.
Agassi: Gathering up his shirt in his lap whilst receiving serve.
Djokovic: Excessive ball-bouncing whilst serving.

 

[Sophitia36]

Ferrer: bites his towel / carries his towel in his mouth, blows in his palm after every point, and likes to walk a little circle towards the back of the court before going back to his place

 

[hedera]

Federer: Twirling racquet whilst receiving serve.

Roger is twirling his racquet CONSTANTLY, through the rally.

 

[OriginalHockeytowner]

Roger is twirling his racquet CONSTANTLY, through the rally.

He has to find the "right" side

 

[OldFedIsOld]

Nadal: Pulling at his underwear.

You also forgot to mention his walking over lines during change overs and his compulsion to line his water bottles in a certain way.

Federer also flicks his hair to the side before his serve or after he hits a winner.

Roddick pulls on both sides of his shoulders to fix his oversized shirt and fixes his cap constantly.

Isner dribbles the ball between his legs.

 

[Mainad]

Some off the top of my head:

Nadal: carefully placing his hair behind each ear and pulling his shorts out of his backside before serving.

Federer: tossing his hair when walking from one side of the court to the other.

Djokovic: bouncing the ball 27 times before serving when facing a break point and doing his Tarzan impression after winning an important match. Also being the only male player on the tour to be able to spread his legs at almost 180 degrees angle when returning the ball.

Murray: swaying from side to side with gritted teeth, sometimes with tongue hanging out, when waiting to receive serve.

Tsonga: twirling around the court like a ballet dancer and punching the air after winning a match.

Berdych: standing rigid behind the baseline with legs together and then dramatically striding forward with right leg when ready to serve.

Del Potro: rolling his shorts up on his left leg when preparing to receive serve (or at least he used to do).

Roddick: lifting his cap off his head and pulling his shirt off each shoulder before serving or preparing to receive serve.

Monfils: leaping high into the air and landing on the court in almost every conceivable posture when returning the ball.

Sharapova: walking straight up to the barrier, pausing and then swirling around and walking back to the baseline before serving.

Bartoli: jumping up and down and swinging her arms this way and that before preparing to serve.

 

[kaku]

Rafa: Obvious
Fed: fixing the hair, twirling the racquet, all while waiting to return
Djoker: ball bouncing, sometimes he likes to open his eyes really wide O_O
Murray: Swaying, sometimes likes to remind us he has the biggest mouth on the mens side and opens it like he's trying to crack his jaw or something
ferrer: towel in mouth

 

[hedera]

Granollers has a ritual a la Nadal. He steps a few times over the lines.

Paszek - she has a slow slow slow motion serve, ask Serena!

 

[brickvolley]

Kohlschreiber closes eyes during ball toss?

 

[sureshs]

Nadal: Pulling at his underwear.

You don't say?

 

[psYcon]

Ivo Karlovic has this weird ball bouncing routine prior to serve, where the last ball kind of pops up and falls in place into his palm before he tosses for the serve.

Sampras' tongue out prior to beginning serve motion. And also his wiping sweat off his forehead before serving.

 

[PKfan1]

Bartoli is the most annoying person I've ever watched play tennis.

Takes practice swings before every point, bounces with the ball before serving, puts the ball in the throat of the racquet and aims the racquet, and shes always jumping around all the time doing wierd footwork stuff.

and she is ugly as sin

 

[cluckcluck]

Isner's finger stretch when serving.

 

[YellowBall77]

Djoker's grin wile returning serve/his opponent is facing a breakpoint.

 

[sdont]

Monfils has the habit of hitting the end of his handle with his palm and stroking his eyebrows with one finger between points.

 

[sdont]

Gulbis's little juggling with the ball before serve.

 

[smoledman]

This could be a fun topic.....i notice a lot of them, although some or more "amusing than others, they are still present.

Here are some of the more obvious ones:

Sharapova: Facing wall before every point, fiddling with strings on racquet.
Nadal: Pulling at his underwear.
Federer: Twirling racquet whilst receiving serve.
Roddick: Plucking his sleeves at the shoulder after every point.
Bhagdatis and Isner: Bouncing ball between legs before serve.
Agassi: Gathering up his shirt in his lap whilst receiving serve.
Djokovic: Excessive ball-bouncing whilst serving.

The only one of these habits that is classy, like the man himself.

 

[roundiesee]

This could be a fun topic.....i notice a lot of them, although some or more "amusing than others, they are still present.

Here are some of the more obvious ones:

Sharapova: Facing wall before every point, fiddling with strings on racquet.
Nadal: Pulling at his underwear.
Federer: Twirling racquet whilst receiving serve.
Roddick: Plucking his sleeves at the shoulder after every point.
Bhagdatis and Isner: Bouncing ball between legs before serve.
Agassi: Gathering up his shirt in his lap whilst receiving serve.
Djokovic: Excessive ball-bouncing whilst serving.

Am I right to say that Roger was the first to do this, and the other copied him? I remember Baggy said he copied Federer during an interview some years ago.

 

[Cup8489]

Bartoli is the most annoying person I've ever watched play tennis.

Takes practice swings before every point, bounces with the ball before serving, puts the ball in the throat of the racquet and aims the racquet, and shes always jumping around all the time doing wierd footwork stuff.

and she is ugly as sin

I have to admit, I lol'd.

 

[Sid_Vicious]

Roddick also has a habit of grabbing his crotch after every point.

 

[JustBob]

and she is ugly as sin

So ugly!