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Tennis Player Goes Ballistic on Sidelines and Destroys 4 Rackets
- Posted on January 18, 2012 at 12:59pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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It would seem Marcos Baghdatis hates to lose. And during a break during a match at last night’s Australian Open tennis tournament, he demonstrated how much: he absolutely went ballistic on the sideline and destroyed four tennis rackets in the process. And with each destroyed racket, the crowd seemed to eat it up.
Here’s how it went down:
Deadspin reports the outburst actually propelled him to win the next set. However, he did end up losing the match to Stanislas Wawrinka.
(H/T: Business Insider)
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Comments (98)
Dismayed Veteran
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:20pmDon’t buy those rackets. They can’t handle hard use.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:31pm“I didn’t SCREW UP!!! it was this #@*$*&#@! racket that made me lose that match!!! I’ll fix THAT!!”
Report Post »AnAppealToGod
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:41pmMommy!!!! I need a new racket!
Report Post »Big Kahoona
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 7:48pmProverbs 3:35
35The wise will inherit honor,
But fools display dishonor.
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Proverbs 12:16
16 A fool’s anger is known at once,
But a prudent man conceals dishonor.
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Proverbs 13:16
16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
But a fool displays folly.
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Proverbs 14:17
17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of evil devices is hated.
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Proverbs 18:2
2 A fool does not delight in understanding,
But only in revealing his own mind.
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And so to Marcos I would say:
Proverbs 26:1
1 Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a fool.
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And to the audience I would state:
Proverbs 26:8
8 Like one who binds a stone in a sling,
Report Post »So is he who gives honor to a fool.
Raisingmy3boysright
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:07pmHe looks like a spoiled little brat! See where it gets our youth when you give every kid a trophy even when they don’t win.
Report Post »slaveofdagov
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:32pmDon’t think this is a result of “giving everybody a trophy for participating!” It is a professional, highly competitive sport with much money at stake, thus the frustration at not performing to his expectations. Although he was beaten by a higher ranked player…it was close for the first two sets. I don’t think I would be too happy at losing about $34,000 (prize money for winning a 2nd round match) because of my poor performance.
Report Post »Pelling1020
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:58pmMaybe he’s mad cause his beloved country is going down the tubes.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:58pm“And with each destroyed racket, the crowd seemed to eat it up.”
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The Pete Townsend of tennis aye?
Maybe they can go to a no scoring format so everybody wins.
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:42pmPunk
Report Post »AnAmerican111
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:29pmWeak forehand as it took him how many hits to break a racket?……………
Report Post »Com’on boy! Get some strength!
gmoneytx
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:09pmI want an umpa-lumpa and I want one NOWWWWWW!
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:04pmGood… He was probably as worthless as a t*t on a boar, and he knew it.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:11pmAnd he PROVED it.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:54pmThis guy needs serious counseling and anger management! Uncontained anger and frustration is NOT funny!
I have a sister with this problem, and she has never been able to contain her frustration and anger! She becomes violent whenever she gets frustrated. She took it out on her siblings, including me, and her own children and their pets, some of which had to be euthanized because of her abuse. He children, now adults, have told me horror stories! Her motto when we were growing up was, “Dynamite comes in small packages!” She‘s just 4’8″!
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:01pm@sbenard
No, he does not need anger management. What he needs is to get into a ring with someone that will knock his punk-ass out.
You will immediately notice how easy going this angry queen becomes after a good beating.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:07pmWe used to have a clown in our neighborhood that periodically threw this type of tantrum until someone called on it and beat him within an inch of his life.
The clown’s tantrums miraculously disappeared.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:10pmAnger management? How about good old fashioned ‘self control’? Most of us learn that when we‘re two and our mommy won’t put up with the tantrum we’re throwing.
Report Post »For your sister and this guy, sadly there isn’t much hope this late in life. Sorry for your sister’s kids.
AffirmationChick
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:35pmIf any of you actually watched tennis, you’d know this is not his usual demeanor. Not sure I’ve ever seen him break one racket, let alone four. They’re too chill in Cyprus for that kind of thing.
Report Post »patriot308
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:32pmher own children and their pets, some of which had to be euthanized because of her abuse.
I’m thinking she should be the one euthanized. There is NO excuse not to stop this….. permanently if necessary. This really is a simple world, quit looking for gray areas.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:49pmIt’s not really funny! If he is that out of control, what would he do to someone who disagrees with him, a girlfriend that he’s angry with, or to a small child, if he thought he could get away with it?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:56pmMakes John McEnroe look like a poster child for self control.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:43pmMy mommy and daddy said I was the best tennis player ever…wah wah
Report Post »Quasimofo
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:43pm$1000 per racket? Hardly. More like $2700
Report Post »1stMate
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:48pmTotal lack of respect for his sponsors and their product. Spoiled brat.
Report Post »Harry Assenback
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:41pmMust be a Union Member from Wisconsin…….
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:39pmSpoiled brat.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:35pmWiney little rich kids? Really? John Mac did this decades ago! I don’t really think this is news worthy!!
Report Post »Mommy_of_3
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:35pmA grown man having a child-like tantrum which would’ve earned my children a swift smack on the bottom. That was quite unattractive. They should have made him play with one of those rackets he destroyed!
Report Post »Alvis Prezley
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:11pmmommy…..i want to grow up and be like him….he’s cool.
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:34pmAs John McEnroe once said, “You have to be kidding me!”
Hey, he has the money for $1000 rackets, there are people who would love to make him another one. In fact their job depends on it. Destroy a couple more. Keep capitalism going strong!
http://FlipTheLib.com
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:53pmThey don’t pay for their rackets, they get sponsorships. There is a very good lesson about earning what you have in there somewhere.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:21pmThere goes THAT racket endorsement deal…
Report Post »sjohn70037
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:20pmAw puddin’, are we having a bad day? What a wuss.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:44pmWhat kind of Main Stream Garbage is this?
I don’t care about this Clown or his Tantrums.
Websites are protesting SOPA today. But no word of it on the BLAZE.
Pathetic !!!! Let’s show some spoiled punk having a hissy fit to divert your attention from your LIBERTIES and FREEDOMS being seized by a Bankster owned Corporation called the “United States”.
SOPA and NDAA are Bills to address people that KNOW OUR GOVERNMENT is GONE and that it is NOW A CORPORATION !!!
The FEDERAL RESERVE PRIVATE BANK transfered the International lien that was on the “U.S.”
to the IMF and World Bank in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Agreement.
Only 2 minutes to learn the truth !!!!! PLEASE WATCH !!!!! PLEASE WAKE UP !!!!!!
Before SOPA removes this !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCs7u1ihws
The internet backfired on the Global Elite. PEOPLE are learning the TRUTH.
Report Post »The People Knowing the truth will destroy the Global Elite, OVERNIGHT !!!!!
They Know it.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:13pmThe Blaze had, somewhat, a story on SOPA:
Report Post »http://www.theblaze.com/stories/heres-how-to-beat-wikipedias-blackout/
ProbIemSoIver
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:00pmYes, you are correct. Thx.
Report Post »Although the article is presented, it is not promulgated with the degree of importance to which it should be.
It seems to be disguised under “Glitch? Here‘s How To Beat Wikipedia’s Blackout”, and then the article is ambiguous and lacking in any cohesion.
It makes the Article to look like a way to get around a wiki block, then gives little mention of SOPA.
BLAZE has exposed it’s true colors, just like NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN and then eventually, FOX did.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:11pmBig, f’ing baby. I guess as long as you an afford to buy them, smash them up. I almost expected to see Venus or Serena.
Report Post »db321
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:23pmImagine what Obama’s going to do when he gets voted out – The Clinton’s destroyed the inside of the White House before they left.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:37pmSerena is actually one of the few that has actually been disqualified from a match because of her behavior.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:11pmFrom the early days of McEnroe forward, line judges should have started immediately disqualifying these manchildren for their tantrums, until such time as they got the point and accorded themselves as adults and with proper displays of sportsmanship.
They didn’t, and now we have pretty much an entire sport destroyed by manchildren throwing tantrums like effeminate little twits. Congratulations, credo of no self restraint, congratulations.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:23pmThey actually do have “code violations” now for just that reason. And there have been a couple of matches called and players disqualified.
The rules however are more concerned with abuse of the line judges and chair umpire and taunting of opponents, rather than the player just getting angry with themselves. Having said that however, if he would have done that out on the court while a game was underway, he would have forfieted a point for each occurence. But because it was during a break in play when there was no game underway and he was not actually on the court the chair umpire had no course of action. The tournament official could have taken action if he wanted to, but like I said they’re more concerned with people having outbursts directed at other people.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:47pmAh, makes sense, thanks for the post Rowgue.
Report Post »Misha
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:48pmHe’ll get fined.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:08pmI know when I go golfing it’s always the “golf club’s fault”…. maybe so in tennis as well?
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:50pmRandy- nice syntax
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:07pmI hope to see 0bama doing the same thing with golf club in November!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:23pmI’d like to see Michelle pull a Elin Woods
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:19pm13TH IMAM, that would be the next logical occurence wouldn’t it?
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:07pmA perfect example of self control….just saying
Report Post »castle.the.schmuck
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:07pmGood morning netgear. Is that you in the white shirt sitting in the grey car?
Report Post »randy
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:05pmIdiot.
Report Post »Must have grown up in the US where he learned everyone receives a participation award.
Steelhead
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:17pmI bet you or Rush ever got one of those awards for participating. unless it was for eating potato chips or bit*hing
Report Post »randy
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:32pm@STEELHEAD
Report Post »What? Maybe you should go back to school to learn how to post a coherent sentence.
Steelhead
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:41pmRandy – I‘m sorry that you can’t read so well
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:47pm@RANDY–steelhead can’t go back to school,he needs help.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:03pmBik- I’m a fish . I live in a school.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:04pm@ Randy
Steelhead has been huffing gasoline again! Maybe someone that know’s him, would be kind enough, and alert his Mom. She can go in the basement, and throw a butterfly net over him, and call the authorities.
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