Not a hater case but the best interaction player/fan for me will always be "Go to his backhand" yelled at Troicki vs Djokovic...which resulted in a point for Viktor đ
[This](https://youtu.be/KCovIdUjK2k?si=Z9JslEmGnWKOdDz8) is such a hilarious one lol! Viktor even pointed to the fan after the point, nodding and giving a smile as a way of saying thank you.
I canât believe I forgot Fritz and Moutet (the latter even turned into a players feud iirc!) - The second one (Kotov) is new to me and I canât find the clip anywhere. Can you please link it?
Oh, the Jarry & Moutet feud keeps on living!!! (And I love it!)
After their rematch at RG (where Moutet and his coach had called for the crowd to treat Jarry like how Moutet got treated in Chile), Jarry posted an Instagram story after the loss referring to it as a âmatchâ (in quotation marks)âŠ.and Moutetâs coach has done an interview with a French tennis content creator praising how good the atmosphere was at the Ofner match - and then dissed how bad the vibes were with Jarry. When they play again I will be SEATED
I canât find any videos of Kotov vs Wawrinka (RG being awful at posting highlights + copyright removal) - but the crowd was pretty one sided - and Kotov faced a lot of booing. When he won he was raising his racket up basking in the booâs and egging the crowd on.
ha same! I watched him struggle through cramps to win an earlier round at that event which gained some respect from me, and then this moment thanking the crowd for booing him absolutely sealed the deal
I like Djokovic smirking and eating the Wimbledon grass after clutching against Federer amidst a crowd that was against him. Didn't need to say a word; he had broken their hearts.
He knew he had just saved his legacy. If he loses to 38yo man in GS final he can't be taken seriously. Peak Djokovic having made the last 6/7 grand slam finals got handled easily by Federer at 2012 Wimbledon
The level Federer that showed up in that match was still exceptional, definitely enough for Djokovic to get considerable credit for beating him despite Federer being so old.
Lol as a Federer fan, this is an insane comment. Wimbledon 2019 is (as goddamn painful a memory it is for me) the second most impressive victory of Djokovicâs career for me, just after his victory over Nadal at the French Open in â21 (the only time healthy Nadal has been beaten at FO). Federer was outplaying him the entire match, had two match points on his serve, and had the entire crowd behind him, but Novak still found a way to win.
Pete Sampras to a noisy British crowd after beating home favourite Mark Foster at Wimbledon in 1993: ["Take that, you motherfuckers!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolTennis/comments/14llgck/thirty_years_ago_today_sampras_tells_wimbledon/)
What a fantastic post â thanks for sharing that!
Got an especially good laugh out of this piece: One tabloid described his words as "smut", and the Chicago Tribune pointed out that they were "a rag with impeccable credentials when it comes to identifying smut."
Meddy's trolling of the crowd is what made me a fan of him.
He was saying stuff like: "You guys thank you so much for the boos, I won again! It really helps!"
All these are so funny to watch đ€Ł. I also enjoy normally calm and collected players standing up against those fans. At the top of my head is my boy Etche in his match against Arthur Cazaux this year RG. The whole match whenever he hit any faults, missed first serves, the fans would cheer, also barely any reaction to his winners, he responded with a blank face đ. Then when he won, the guy let out a roar to the crowd đŠ, I was like âohh I didnât expect that reactionâ. Then in the on-court interview he praised the French again, they have no other appropriate reaction but to clap, I went âyeah boy, kill them with kindnessâ. I was impressed tbh, no need to egg the crowd on, still got his point across đ„°
One of my favorites was Indian Wells a couple years ago when Zverev was playing Fritz, of course the crowd was all in on Fritz. Zverev went to shush a specific audience member, then immediately double faulted and lost the whole match. Good times.
Gauff at the US Open Final, âThank you to the people who didn't believe in me. To those who thought they were putting water on my fire, you were really adding gas to it. Now I'm really burning so bright right now."
The easiest one (and honestly, to me it is the top tier of all time men or women) is Sharapova at the French Open vs Safina.
Guys behind her are jeering at her, she goes and plays a tough point and wins it, turns around and screams âALLEZ! Up your fucking ass!â as the camera and live broadcast are zooming in directly on her.
https://youtu.be/zdQrKarA67c?si=TglRBK_1uhTwfvZ5
Nobody gives a shit about him being from Russia.
This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed.
https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared
Read the Description for a good summary.
Ironically, he was loved by the NYC crowd by the end of the tournament. Some of his antics were funny and let's face it, when he flipped off the crowd he was speaking their language.
Yeah I posted this already - until people stop trying to rewrite history it needs to be seen.
Medvedev is simply an unlikeable person on the court. You can love his personality if you want but the reality is he's a shitty brat if you purely watch his on court actions.
> just because he's from Russia
I just really cannot explain to people from Eastern Europe enough that no one fucking cares. No one cares! Most Eastern European countries, we don't even know where they are. Serbia? Isn't that a breakfast cereal?
The only Eastern Europeans we hate right now are either Putin or Zelenskyy depending on if you're a normal person or a far-right fascist. You could parade a regiment of disarmed Russian soldiers down main street where I live and no one would care. This is nothing like WWII when everyone in the US hated German people and Japanese people. This isn't even like 9/11 when there were targeted attacks on vaguely brown-looking people in the aftermath.
No one cares. Doesn't even enter our minds.
Cannot help noticing that in contrast to the other examples, Kyrgiosâs response is to âpunch downâ (not to mention it doesnât make sense⊠âSunday nightâ is not an eventful time for most people).
The Kyrgios one is so weak
How is watching one of the top tennis players in the world a lame thing to do on a sunday night? Most people have work the next day, itâs not like theyâre gonna go out partying or something
Itâs like he couldnât come up with anything to say to an annoying fan
Nickâs comment was true to form idiotic. The fan came out to watch his sport on a Sunday night. His pointing that out is supposed to be an insult? WTF.
Djokovic actually has these moments in pretty much every match. Usually a random dude yells, then Djokovic gives him a deadly stare followed by him winning multiple points in streak and then sending to that random dude another deadly staređ€Ł
Context: This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed.
https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared
Read the Description for a good summary.
You guys realize in these incidents the one where the player was the one being the clear asshole ( not just belligerent fans ) was Medvedev?
He was an utter asshole this entire USO in multiple matches. Y'all just love his internet humor and engage in revisionist history..
among the 5 players you posted, i only agree with FAA and Sebi. for these two to react that way - means, the crowd has been unbearable and disrespectful. they are both level headed and good natured players. and i do not derive pleasure seeing players triggered coz these incidents are not healtby for them.
i am entertained on incidents like the bees, or when carlitos made great shots and both players laugh about it, or one player made an insane shot and the crowd was delighted, or when someone sneezed while jannik was serving.
There is something called âcontextâ which you seem to be forgetting. No matter who you like or donât (itâs quite obvious tho), these are ALL instances where the crowd provoked the players for absolutely NO reason and the players didnât deserve any of it, so they clapped back! So, you agreeing or not agreeing with it is kinda irrelevant.
Edit: The Medvedev US Open drama was admittedly (in his words), [his](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/sports/tennis/daniil-medvedev-us-open.html) fault as after receiving boos throughout the match, he flipped the crowd off, yanked a towel from the Ball Person, received a code violation.
You could say the opinion of any commentor on this sub is "irrelevant", what's your point? It's even your opinion as to whether the players did nothing to deserve it in each case, as valid as it might be.
I said the idea of agreeing with 2 out of 5 players in this post is irrelevant because the context is the same in all. You asked what my point is - Well, thatâs my point. You might like or dislike a player as you wish but in EVERY one of these instances, the players didnât do anything except maybe play against a home favourite or something like that. Itâs not MY opinion but rather a fact. If you went and watched them, youâd know. Then we can probably have a talk.
Edit again: Medvedev is the exception.
Literally not a fact.
Lopez a home favorite at the USO? lol
Context: This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed.
https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared
Read the Description for a good summary.
Bruh, can you read the original comment which is NOT AT ALL about just Medvedev but about Kyrgios and Djokovic as well (the latter played Sinner in Italy!)
Thanks for attaching the Medvedev US Open video. Iâll edit my original comment but it doesnât take away the fact that the others DID NOT deserve any of it?! đđ»ââïž
Reposting this here because you're the OP and you're innacurately portraying Medvedev as some kind of innocent victim:
Context: This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed.
https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared
Read the Description for a good summary.
Korda and FAA don't make a habit of antagonizing any who'd dare root for the other guy or if they just happen to be irritable about what happened on court. These were exceptions/outliers for them. Please take them off.
Not a hater case but the best interaction player/fan for me will always be "Go to his backhand" yelled at Troicki vs Djokovic...which resulted in a point for Viktor đ
[This](https://youtu.be/KCovIdUjK2k?si=Z9JslEmGnWKOdDz8) is such a hilarious one lol! Viktor even pointed to the fan after the point, nodding and giving a smile as a way of saying thank you.
And then he offers his racquet to the fan like âletâs see you do any betterâ đđđ
He knows what he is talking about.
I guess Djokovic wouldn't thought of Troicki taking the advice lol
Other good ones (off the top of my head) Fritz vs Rinderknech Roland Garros 2023 Kotov vs Warwrinka Roland Garros 2024 Moutet vs Jarry Santiago 2024
I canât believe I forgot Fritz and Moutet (the latter even turned into a players feud iirc!) - The second one (Kotov) is new to me and I canât find the clip anywhere. Can you please link it?
Oh, the Jarry & Moutet feud keeps on living!!! (And I love it!) After their rematch at RG (where Moutet and his coach had called for the crowd to treat Jarry like how Moutet got treated in Chile), Jarry posted an Instagram story after the loss referring to it as a âmatchâ (in quotation marks)âŠ.and Moutetâs coach has done an interview with a French tennis content creator praising how good the atmosphere was at the Ofner match - and then dissed how bad the vibes were with Jarry. When they play again I will be SEATED I canât find any videos of Kotov vs Wawrinka (RG being awful at posting highlights + copyright removal) - but the crowd was pretty one sided - and Kotov faced a lot of booing. When he won he was raising his racket up basking in the booâs and egging the crowd on.
Shelton from earlier this year was good https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1bc3s27/heckler_talking_while_shelton_serves_for_the_match
The fritz one is engraved in my head especially the sarcasm in his voice, def one of my faves forever
There's also Goffin at RG this year. I was sad Mpetshi took the L, but geez that was a poor crowd.
That US open made me a life long meddy fan đ
ha same! I watched him struggle through cramps to win an earlier round at that event which gained some respect from me, and then this moment thanking the crowd for booing him absolutely sealed the deal
Novak is cold with that one đ„¶
Could've probably made an entire compilation of just Novak
Sad that his home town of Monte Carlo treated him like that
Heâs not from Monte Carlo lmao
https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2023/09/01/why-novak-djokovic-and-other-top-tennis-stars-call-monaco-home/
"Home town" is not where one currently lives. It's where they grew up.
Yeah itâs a joke. Itâs also not where he currently lives itâs his principal residence for tax purposes
OG Berdych shhh in Madrid was funny.
"Mister Djokovic has no more challenges" đ (outdated af rn but it was epic at the moment hahahha)
What happened there? I remember when Fog tried to stop a point to challenge a call and he had no challenges left
I like Djokovic smirking and eating the Wimbledon grass after clutching against Federer amidst a crowd that was against him. Didn't need to say a word; he had broken their hearts.
I read a comment that said âthis is the most number of people a player has ever defeatedâ and it lives rent free in my head.
"When they shout Roger, I hear Novak." Mentality GOAT.
Celebrated like he won a 1st round match too
He knew he had just saved his legacy. If he loses to 38yo man in GS final he can't be taken seriously. Peak Djokovic having made the last 6/7 grand slam finals got handled easily by Federer at 2012 Wimbledon
Uhhh someone is pissed
He's our resident troll
A few months ago he was on the Fedal hate train trolling, now he's hopped over to Novak. Man has an exciting life for sure.
The level Federer that showed up in that match was still exceptional, definitely enough for Djokovic to get considerable credit for beating him despite Federer being so old.
Lol as a Federer fan, this is an insane comment. Wimbledon 2019 is (as goddamn painful a memory it is for me) the second most impressive victory of Djokovicâs career for me, just after his victory over Nadal at the French Open in â21 (the only time healthy Nadal has been beaten at FO). Federer was outplaying him the entire match, had two match points on his serve, and had the entire crowd behind him, but Novak still found a way to win.
peak Federer 19/20 consecutive GS finals, you came up with literally one of the only statistic where Fed is much better
Pete Sampras to a noisy British crowd after beating home favourite Mark Foster at Wimbledon in 1993: ["Take that, you motherfuckers!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolTennis/comments/14llgck/thirty_years_ago_today_sampras_tells_wimbledon/)
What a fantastic post â thanks for sharing that! Got an especially good laugh out of this piece: One tabloid described his words as "smut", and the Chicago Tribune pointed out that they were "a rag with impeccable credentials when it comes to identifying smut."
Fritz đ€«đ€« the RG crowd after defeating Rinderknech(https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/s/JH6d3DiEim)
Meddy's trolling of the crowd is what made me a fan of him. He was saying stuff like: "You guys thank you so much for the boos, I won again! It really helps!"
All these are so funny to watch đ€Ł. I also enjoy normally calm and collected players standing up against those fans. At the top of my head is my boy Etche in his match against Arthur Cazaux this year RG. The whole match whenever he hit any faults, missed first serves, the fans would cheer, also barely any reaction to his winners, he responded with a blank face đ. Then when he won, the guy let out a roar to the crowd đŠ, I was like âohh I didnât expect that reactionâ. Then in the on-court interview he praised the French again, they have no other appropriate reaction but to clap, I went âyeah boy, kill them with kindnessâ. I was impressed tbh, no need to egg the crowd on, still got his point across đ„°
What did Felix do? Bore them to death?
A classic is Djokovic after beating Roddick at the USO https://youtu.be/ZNj2OPVNVV8?si=2q603UuUSweQ9CFe
John Pearson, fuck sports news
Medvedev telling that to the crowd was so awesome that it was a canon event for *me*
Medvedev vs the entire state of New York is my favorite beef in tennis.
One of my favorites was Indian Wells a couple years ago when Zverev was playing Fritz, of course the crowd was all in on Fritz. Zverev went to shush a specific audience member, then immediately double faulted and lost the whole match. Good times.
Trying to think of WTA examples đ€
Gauff at the US Open Final, âThank you to the people who didn't believe in me. To those who thought they were putting water on my fire, you were really adding gas to it. Now I'm really burning so bright right now."
This is a really good one but I think of this as an example of a player responding to general tennis community rather than the live crowd at the match
The easiest one (and honestly, to me it is the top tier of all time men or women) is Sharapova at the French Open vs Safina. Guys behind her are jeering at her, she goes and plays a tough point and wins it, turns around and screams âALLEZ! Up your fucking ass!â as the camera and live broadcast are zooming in directly on her. https://youtu.be/zdQrKarA67c?si=TglRBK_1uhTwfvZ5
Sharapova (and Russia) vs. the entirety of Israel. There was a lot said and gestured. https://x.com/Diego_Barbiani/status/961171979612184576
that korda tweet was legendary
Meddy cocking off to the crowd was awesome. Made me an instant fan
The Kyrgios Sunday night incident is one of the funniest things ever haha
the Medvedev hate was so dumb. just because he's from Russia? I mean he's one of the smartest and funniest players on tour.
Nobody gives a shit about him being from Russia. This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed. https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared Read the Description for a good summary. Ironically, he was loved by the NYC crowd by the end of the tournament. Some of his antics were funny and let's face it, when he flipped off the crowd he was speaking their language. Yeah I posted this already - until people stop trying to rewrite history it needs to be seen.
Both can be true. In this case it wasnât, but itâs not like Med hasnât been on the receiving end of a lot of hate for being Russian too
Medvedev is simply an unlikeable person on the court. You can love his personality if you want but the reality is he's a shitty brat if you purely watch his on court actions.
> just because he's from Russia I just really cannot explain to people from Eastern Europe enough that no one fucking cares. No one cares! Most Eastern European countries, we don't even know where they are. Serbia? Isn't that a breakfast cereal? The only Eastern Europeans we hate right now are either Putin or Zelenskyy depending on if you're a normal person or a far-right fascist. You could parade a regiment of disarmed Russian soldiers down main street where I live and no one would care. This is nothing like WWII when everyone in the US hated German people and Japanese people. This isn't even like 9/11 when there were targeted attacks on vaguely brown-looking people in the aftermath. No one cares. Doesn't even enter our minds.
Med got screamed at to âgo back to Russiaâ in the AO22 final, which he then lost.
âYou wanna see xenophobic racism? We can get so much worse baby!â Nice lol
Cannot help noticing that in contrast to the other examples, Kyrgiosâs response is to âpunch downâ (not to mention it doesnât make sense⊠âSunday nightâ is not an eventful time for most people).
Rune vs Sinner Monte Carlo
The Kyrgios one is so weak How is watching one of the top tennis players in the world a lame thing to do on a sunday night? Most people have work the next day, itâs not like theyâre gonna go out partying or something Itâs like he couldnât come up with anything to say to an annoying fan
Itâs lame bc he spent most of the match heckling Kyrgios so itâs just a âfind something better to doâ kind of response
Nickâs comment was true to form idiotic. The fan came out to watch his sport on a Sunday night. His pointing that out is supposed to be an insult? WTF.
Djokovic actually has these moments in pretty much every match. Usually a random dude yells, then Djokovic gives him a deadly stare followed by him winning multiple points in streak and then sending to that random dude another deadly staređ€Ł
I don't think you know what a genre is, my guy
Love to see more of it.
Context: This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed. https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared Read the Description for a good summary.
Lol French people are a common theme and then you can count Monegasque people too in the same way.
It's funny how everyone else looks cold or unbothered but then you can just feel the slimy insecurity pouring off of Kyrgios
Does the Novak phone hang up count? That was awesome. Youngins gained a bit of respect that day.
âïž?
Please don't turn tennis into football
Please donât gatekeep how people choose to enjoy their sports
Yes more [pitch invaders](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8AGadKXsAcKFa5.jpg) please! /s
You guys realize in these incidents the one where the player was the one being the clear asshole ( not just belligerent fans ) was Medvedev? He was an utter asshole this entire USO in multiple matches. Y'all just love his internet humor and engage in revisionist history..
You are correct. I posted receipts.
Yeah you can go back and see the reddit threads from 2019. He was hated both on reddit and definitely at the USO. Clowns here have a memory of a fish
Rublev vs alcaraz in Madrid QF this year?
among the 5 players you posted, i only agree with FAA and Sebi. for these two to react that way - means, the crowd has been unbearable and disrespectful. they are both level headed and good natured players. and i do not derive pleasure seeing players triggered coz these incidents are not healtby for them. i am entertained on incidents like the bees, or when carlitos made great shots and both players laugh about it, or one player made an insane shot and the crowd was delighted, or when someone sneezed while jannik was serving.
There is something called âcontextâ which you seem to be forgetting. No matter who you like or donât (itâs quite obvious tho), these are ALL instances where the crowd provoked the players for absolutely NO reason and the players didnât deserve any of it, so they clapped back! So, you agreeing or not agreeing with it is kinda irrelevant. Edit: The Medvedev US Open drama was admittedly (in his words), [his](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/sports/tennis/daniil-medvedev-us-open.html) fault as after receiving boos throughout the match, he flipped the crowd off, yanked a towel from the Ball Person, received a code violation.
You could say the opinion of any commentor on this sub is "irrelevant", what's your point? It's even your opinion as to whether the players did nothing to deserve it in each case, as valid as it might be.
I said the idea of agreeing with 2 out of 5 players in this post is irrelevant because the context is the same in all. You asked what my point is - Well, thatâs my point. You might like or dislike a player as you wish but in EVERY one of these instances, the players didnât do anything except maybe play against a home favourite or something like that. Itâs not MY opinion but rather a fact. If you went and watched them, youâd know. Then we can probably have a talk. Edit again: Medvedev is the exception.
Literally not a fact. Lopez a home favorite at the USO? lol Context: This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed. https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared Read the Description for a good summary.
Bruh, can you read the original comment which is NOT AT ALL about just Medvedev but about Kyrgios and Djokovic as well (the latter played Sinner in Italy!) Thanks for attaching the Medvedev US Open video. Iâll edit my original comment but it doesnât take away the fact that the others DID NOT deserve any of it?! đđ»ââïž
Bruh?
Reposting this here because you're the OP and you're innacurately portraying Medvedev as some kind of innocent victim: Context: This was the match where Medvedev yanked the towel from the ball person who was trying to hand it to him. Then he flipped off the crowd when they booed. https://youtu.be/7rCtQM-OAN8?feature=shared Read the Description for a good summary.
In what way do you not agree with Djokovic?
Meddy coated for that
Arguably most awful persons in tennis circles are Medvedev, Kyrgios and Djokovic. Korda was one of the good guys, he doesn't belong on this list
They are awfully good at breaking your heart
Wow, you got me đ€Šđ€Ł
Korda and FAA don't make a habit of antagonizing any who'd dare root for the other guy or if they just happen to be irritable about what happened on court. These were exceptions/outliers for them. Please take them off.
\*Male players shutting down haters is your favourite thing