Worst excuse you’ve seen for a bad performance?

Didn’t Agassi say in his book that he had no idea that Clinton appeared in the stadium, even though he received a long standing ovation and both players clearly looked in that direction?

His book was an excellent read, although there were some very bizarre recollections / descriptions of certain events in it to say the least
 
junior74 said:
Disagree. Two of my buddies and myself had mono at about the same time. One thought he had just a sore throat. I lost 12 kg and felt really terrible. The third amigo was hospitalised for more than a month with severe problems. None of us were able to do any sports for months afterwards, it really sets you back a lot.
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Of course but we are all different as it affects us in a diff way but he could play. So it was just a bad excuse.
 
junior74 said:
Disagree. Two of my buddies and myself had mono at about the same time. One thought he had just a sore throat. I lost 12 kg and felt really terrible. The third amigo was hospitalised for more than a month with severe problems. None of us were able to do any sports for months afterwards, it really sets you back a lot.
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The same old Fed never had mono BS, right?

I have that dude on ignore.
 
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Jankovic blamed her defeat to Oudin at Wimbledon in 2009 on women's problems, and also said she was worried that she would need an ambulance after suffering from dizziness - she was prone to being hysterical, but at least it wasn't dull !
 
junior74 said:
He could have answered the truth: He played better than me today and won the match.

Rafa tried to win with poor sportsmanship holding up the racquet to make Kyrgios wait for him, and saying "no no no" after Kyrgios hit an ace, but couldn't do it this time :laughing:
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That's what you wanted him to reply had nothing to do with the question he was asked.

Your second sentence has nothing to do with the title of the thread.
 
It's deviating away from the subject, but seemingly every time Borg lost, his coach Lennart Bergelin who was clearly excellent alongside being a serial whiner, stated that he was carrying some sort of injury or gave some other excuse. Now there were clearly times when he was injured, notably the 1978 US Open final, but Bergelin pretty much attributed all of his defeats in big matches to injuries, which was annoying.

Of course it's important to distinguish between the player and coach, and it wasn't Borg himself who made those excuses.
 
zagor said:
I don't get it, who is this?

@vive le beau jeu ! can you help identify this tennis person?
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hombre... no tengo ni **** idea :unsure:

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for sure, imagin'jury-man keeps his identity beri-beri secret, no?

PS: see post #49. ;)
 
Moose Malloy said:
well, the wig thing was only mentioned in his book many years later. He didn’t make any excuses at the time, was gracious in defeat.

and he made no mention of Clinton at all, that was just the media at the time noticing how poorly he played after that delay in Clinton getting seated. In fact he got annoyed in the press conference after when he was asked whether Clinton’s arrival distracted him etc
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Not sure what your point is. They were both used as bizarre excuses for his defeats. The timing of such statements and who said them wasn't specified in this thread.
 
Cup8489 said:
Dude, Nadal won that match by the smallest of margins, but go look up pictures from the day at the time of the match at Centre Court. It was dark as hell.
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Hmm, on the 1st match point it was light enough for Federer to hit his best backhand service return of the entire match but mysteriously 2 minutes later it was as "dark as hell" ... Bud, this doesn't happen on planet earth.
 
travlerajm said:
In fairness to *******, that’s kind of how sunsets work.
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Not at warp speed. You don't go from being able to see well enough to absolutely cream a return of serve to "dark as hell" in less than 2 minutes. Not at London latitudes in summer time anyway.
 
'Tired'.
From pro athletes that's pretty bad. They should know how to fix their schedules and train enough to stay fresh. Tired is no excuse, it just means you're not good at those things. I can't take it when the commies excuse the next gen (old gen now half of them) for being 'tired.'
 
I don't understand why so much salt from fans of the younger 2 as they are closing in on the great man. Even when their guy is winning, these people are such sore losers. Not too much going on in their personal life to celebrate I would think. The older man is prone to giving excuses some time but definitely not to the same extent of the times the younger 2 have done that too on a repetitive basis to preserve their "aura". The constant whine about injuries, frequent MTOs to disturb the opponent's rhythm, retiring when the opponent is playing lights out tennis, overplaying a niggle as a serious injury, etc. I know its hard to be a fan of these guys but don't take it out on someone else. Deal with it and move on :cool:
 
octobrina10 said:
That's what you wanted him to reply had nothing to do with the question he was asked.

Your second sentence has nothing to do with the title of the thread.
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Rafa can say whatever he wants :)

What happen-ed, happen-ed and Rafa tried really hard to cheat that day. Both Rafa and Novak hate to lose to Kyrgios. They don't see him as worthy of beating them; one of very few things that fuels St. Nick's motivation :D
 
Devtennis01 said:
'Tired'.
From pro athletes that's pretty bad. They should know how to fix their schedules and train enough to stay fresh. Tired is no excuse, it just means you're not good at those things. I can't take it when the commies excuse the next gen (old gen now half of them) for being 'tired.'
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I've even seen one player saying "maybe I was tired" (y)
 
junior74 said:
Rafa can say whatever he wants :)

What happen-ed, happen-ed and Rafa tried really hard to cheat that day. Both Rafa and Novak hate to lose to Kyrgios. They don't see him as worthy of beating them; one of very few things that fuels St. Nick's motivation :D
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Who cares what 'fuels' your beloved player.
 
It wasn’t an excuse for a defeat, but I remember when Davydenko retired from his match against PHM at Sydney in 2007 after the first set due a foot injury, and then said in his press conference it was a ‘small tournament that nobody cares about’. He was fined for those comments.
 
junior74 said:
Disagree. Two of my buddies and myself had mono at about the same time. One thought he had just a sore throat. I lost 12 kg and felt really terrible. The third amigo was hospitalised for more than a month with severe problems. None of us were able to do any sports for months afterwards, it really sets you back a lot.
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Some posters like the one you quoted are downright pathetic on insisting that Federer was not suffering from mononucleosis and/or even saying that he's lying.
 
Gizo said:
It wasn’t an excuse for a defeat, but I remember when Davydenko retired from his match against PHM at Sydney in 2007 after the first set due a foot injury, and then said in his press conference it was a ‘small tournament that nobody cares about’. He was fined for those comments.
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LOL, hypocritical much from Davy? Then why did he participate?
 
I'm not saying this is anywhere near the worst, but 'Rafa's parents divorce' for an adult is an excuse that sounds like BS and yet is used a ton here. the guy was 23 years old, yes Spanish culture means he was very close to them, but it's far from a valid excuse.

He still entered the tournament and got outhit by an excellent Soderling. If anything his knee was the issue that day.

In the NBA you see guys lose their parents and play the next day. Adrian Peterson won MVP the season his 2 year old son was murdered. Parent’s divorce? Come on :-D
 
Kralingen said:
I'm not saying this is anywhere near the worst, but 'Rafa's parents divorce' for an adult is an excuse that sounds like BS and yet is used a ton here. the guy was 23 years old, yes Spanish culture means he was very close to them, but it's far from a valid excuse.

He still entered the tournament and got outhit by an excellent Soderling. If anything his knee was the issue that day.

In the NBA you see guys lose their parents and play the next day. Adrian Peterson won MVP the season his 2 year old son was murdered. Parent’s divorce? Come on :-D
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What? That's messed up :oops: :eek:
 
mike danny said:
What? That's messed up :oops: :eek:
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It sounds messed up but think of how often these players go through break-ups and divorces. Tons of athletes have seen close family members die and not seen their performance drop. Wawrinka apparently had his gf cheat on him in 2015 then beat Djokovic at the FO. Michael Jordan’s dad was murdered the year he won the NBA finals in 1993.

And yet Nadal gets a pass because, not him, but his parents divorced? I’m sure it was definitely affecting him mentally, I just think it’s disrespectful to say that was the primary reason other than insane shotmaking from Soderling. It’s a fanboy excuse is my point
 
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