Novak Djokovic breaks his racket in Cincinnati 2009 against Jeremy Chardy - 3rd Round

[23NaLi]

This is a very misleading title... looks more like a game of PONG than tennis to me.

[MysteriousStealthMan]

haha you guys can't see the ball? fuck, you probably whiff the ball half the time in real life. you probably get 10/20 eye test scores also.

[pavlakissss]

recorded with a potatoe

[gunman3258]

Poor racket :(

[coolkidkory123]

filmed in -720p

[pr4nk5tr]

He leads 75 31, what's the point of destroying the thing?

[ice192x]

@pr4nk5tr the perfection search.. if you are winning like that u want to destroy your opponent, and by letting him break your service will not feel good even if you are winning like that

[Greenout18on]

hhhh i think Nole want resault 6-0 6-0 for him .

[canadianrock123]

ez there dont cry novak

[lordrampage]

ATOP TO BROKE THE FUCKING RACKET PLEASE!!!! the judge said this

[db200508]

OMG he has such anger problems. hes obviously on steroids because of he anger. now he is lashing out. He should not be allowed back on a tennis court.

[500TD500]

@db200508 wait what ! so every anger tennis player is on steroid ur so smart douche beg.

[db200508]

@500TD500 I was being sarcastic because the same people that are saying oh what he did is ok are the same people who say the things I said, about Serena. WHenever she gets angry people say those things.

[explodingpimp]

Thats so stupid, he won the first set and was up 3-2 in the second... kinda unnecessary. Even safin only destroyed rackets under pressure

[MarinChilich]

such a moron

[davor4815162342]

Al ga Nole lomi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[firerider23]

press 4 xD

[Sundin456]

thats a nice calculator your recording with

[sepa0202]

@Sundin456 Oh so funny!

[triplex4286]

@sepa0202 that was kinda funny just saying

[Denoheatwave]

2009- 2010 were the racket smashing time for Novak. I want to see him smash that New IG racket.

[colindryburgh]

did the racket die? lol

[KnockoutMagic]

yes he should get a warning, racket abuse obviously these rackets have feelings

[iloveKianaDexter]

Lol he smashed it 3 times, but Roger Federer did 10 times more damage with one smash!

[oggy112]

@iloveKianaDexter Yeah but Novak lets out 3 times more frustration and anger in 3 hits than in one. :D

[raxfourteen]

This is a bit of an over-reaction. He's not even losing that bad..

[emilijaaaa610]

but sometimes you cant keep ur anger in, do u really think at that moment he thought about young kids watching and others and about his reputation i dont think so, im a tennis player myself and i think its okay to break something out of anger, its not unsportsmanship beause ur not saying or abusing anyone especially not aponent, its actually a plus for an oponent cause they can see how angry the opposition is!

[Red10Ferrari]

I know novak you should of stayed with the wilson lol

[funnyguy692]

lmfao at racquet abuse warning

[123cys]

in the 2010 he breaks a racket every match axcept in the quarters against chardy

[JeffreyOKay]

This was recommended to me because I watched something about the hunger games? Fail youtube....

[SulthanaB226]

wow, i love it when players get really pissed on court, makes the game all the more intresting. iv seen andy murray get mad a lot! hes always screaming and shouting and banging his racket...looks so hot.

[kamikrazi123]

pfft. noone beats safin.

[BrotherTree1]

u gotta admit hes getting better at breaking racquets. he trashed one similar against isner in davis cup, who he went on to beat isner in five sets.

[ezequiel6]

i dont get why you would get a warning about breaking your own equipment. i mean its ur stuff, arent u allowed to do watever you want wit it?

[sepa0202]

That's true! It's your own stuff!

Well, i really don't know why you get a warning and you pay for it..

[BrotherTree1]

its because its scary to some people. what if some old person watches and gets a heart attack from that? and plus yeh, some peices might hit people and also, its unsportsmanlike. ur blaming ur dodgy play purely on ur self and ur not accepting it.

[Jerfanian]

@sepa0202 its for respect, for everyone basically, including the sponsor

[karatejuddi]

@sepa0202 You dnt pay for it, he probs gets sponsored for using HEAD.

[sony561]

@sepa0202 its about etiquette and sportsman ship. thats shows poor sportsman ship to break yer racket.

[jhaspher2001]

@sepa0202 it's because of the attitude your showing the audience....you get warned and pay for it because of the fucking attitude in the court.

[toby0cooper]

@sepa0202 Because it's bad sportsmanship! It does not set a good example, tennis is meant to be a gentlemanly sport and such behaviour runs contrary to that

[sepa0202]

@toby0cooper That's true, but I still haven't changed my mind. It's your own stuff, it's a way to get rid of all that bloody anger.

[toby0cooper]

@sepa0202 So even if it's unsportsmanly you are still right to do it? They get given their racquets for free so why would they care about the cost of breaking them? On a side note, while it might release anger scientific studies have shown it doesn't get rid of it, it is very likely to exasperate the problem. Do you think that Federer and Borg were angrier people since they never expressed it?

[squiddie96]

@toby0cooper it's probably not allowed because it could damage the court, but i still think it's stupid to not be allowed to do that

[Mzee1084]

@sepa0202 You should play football or something so you can take your anger out with big hits. There is no place for that behavior in tennis and if you cannot control your temper then find a way or play another sport.

[acrididi]

@sepa0202 yeah it's your stuff but the ground not, you ruin it..

[AllGenreMusic]

It is because tennis is still supposed to be this elegant where no one gets mad, and what not. I mean, a lot of fans apparently genuinely think it is disgusting when a player shows anger on court. Look at the 2009 Miami match between Roger and Novak. Some of the crowd booed Roger for smashing his racket! I mean this is Roger we are talking about. Even if you don't consider him greatest of all time, you have to have respect that he is one of the best. Plus your racket can fly and hit someone.

[roush1987]

Well I'm guessing it's because they are professionals and they get paid for their skills and to control their anger because they are being flimed for television

[lagh]

@ezequiel6 it's not about it being your own equipment. It's not a good habbit to get into and teaches younger tennis players the wrong thing.

[ihatej00poo]

@ezequiel6 its the same way you get warned for shouting insults. its your mouth, so you can do w/e you want with it right? no. both cases are examples of bad sportsmanship. i hate people who try to justify breaking rackets as a normal thing. it makes you look like a spoiled brat and gives a bad image to the sport.

[lagh]

@ezequiel6 because it's a bad example to the younger generation

[originalbabo]

@ezequiel6 You get fined for this because not only is it rude to the audience, opponent, and the judges but because you are damaging the court by slamming your racquet and it also gives a bad image of the sport to the entire nation.

[BrainSane237]

@ezequiel6 Also, it damages the court.

[unplugged89]

@ezequiel6 In some competitions with more delicate surfaces (grass, clay etc.) there's an additional charge for damage to the court.

I'd say "whatever you want" is a bit to broad as well. I'm sure you wouldn't agree with Djokovic smashing his racket and then stabbing his opponent in the jugular with one of the shards, so where do we draw the line? It's easiest just to say that they must have sportsman-like conduct on court, and part of that is not smashing rackets.

[rjshi]

@ezequiel6 ...because it's not the rackets fault, its your own...

[summerpop8127]

he hit it 2 times and threw it. Nice one man. *no sarcasm here*.

[sepa0202]

Sorry about the quality, guys.