Tics and routines of former and current players...

MIRO_1975

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Do you remember (or still see) strange and funny moves/tics of the pro's they typically did/do during their full concentration on the court?

So some "small" things they always do and (I assume) are not really aware of?

It would be funny and great to hear something you recognize ;)

I am thinking of

Nadal:
- serve routine
(picking shorts, left ear, nose, right ear)
-bottles
-lines

Lendl:
-pulling out eyelashes
-looking at his right hand/thumb after a mishit
-alingning the strings after the match on the way to the net
- serve routine (rotating two balls with the left, sawdust to the grip, swiping off the sweat of his forehead, 4 times tipping of the ball at 1st serve and 3 times tipping of the ball at 2nd serve)

Becker:
-one-time caughing
-opening his mouth like a fish

Djokovic:
-wide eyes opening
-opening his mouth like a fish - like Boris did ;)

Anderson:
-"powerful" exhale through his nose before he is wiping his face with the towel

Sampras:
-wiping away the sweat off his forehead with his thumb

Federer:
-aligning his side hair

Wilander:
-blowing the curls of his forehead

McEnroe:
-left/right/left arm movement to wipe off the sweat on the sides of his head
-picking his shirt several times while rotating the racket

Agassi:
-pulling the sides/end of his shirt

Roddick:
-pulling the shoulder parts/sleeves of his shirt forward

Hewitt:
-touching the damper on his racket before serve or before return

Haas:
-blowing/drying his right hand




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Fed brushes his chest and adjusts hair after points, and spins/centers his racquet carefully when recieving. He also adjusts his strings a lot.

Murray grabs a randomly selected body part after losing a point in any fashion.
 
Thanks so far ;))

I think Thiem also bounces the ball with the frame before serving [emoji848]


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Federer after winning a game brushes his brow/headband with his left hand and then touches the right side of his chest. I first noticed him doing it in '14 during Davis Cup and thought he was touching the Swiss logo to recognize representing his country in national competition but he actually does it every match.
 
This will grow to a long list but the funniest is and will always be Kirsten Braasch going for the occasional cigarette on changeovers. Which would present a problem these days at USO.
 
Fed fiddles with his racquet strings a lot between points on return.
A Zverev flashing his abs before every serve is a good one, like someone noted above.
 
2011 Djokovic used to bounce the ball 20+ times before serving. That number slowly got less and less in unison with his skill level.
 
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