Top ATP Villains

[Moxie]

I decided to bump this thread, since @don_fabio is petitioning for Novak to be taken off the list. (Note: he has been taken off and put back on, before.) Make your case, Don Fabio, or @Fiero425. The recent argument on the Monte Carlo thread is that he's a good loser. He is. (Luckily for him, he doesn't have to contend with that much.) I believe that comment followed on after it was noted the dead-fish handshake that Zverev gave both Medvedev and the umpire today. As if it was their fault that he blew all of his chances today. (Zverev is still on the list, and so is Medvedev, I think.)

I'm adding this video from Marca of Novak's racquet crush, not so much to keep him on the list, but because it was a completely new approach to racquet-abuse, as a few noted. In a way, I give him style points for ingenuity. In another way, I can't help but think that was foolish. He could have injured his own foot. But we well-know he says he has to blow off steam. Part of his personality, like it or not.

Otherwise, the list is a bit old and musty. (Tomic was on the first list. Bernard Tomic WHO? Frankly, even Nick Kyrgios who?) And I don't think Rune made it. He does deserve some mention, however much @Jelenafan is trying to rehabilitate his image.

So, make your case for/against Djokovic being on the list. And add/subtract anyone else you feel is worthy.

I don't think Shapovalov is on the list, and he probably deserves to be.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Do players on the current list get any 'merit points' for not acting up recently at all?

 

[Jelenafan]

… And I don't think Rune made it. He does deserve some mention, however much @Jelenafan is trying to rehabilitate his image..

I’m so sorry, did someone accidently mention Holger “Hook ‘em Horns” Rune in this thread?

 

[Moxie]

Do players on the current list get any 'merit points' for not acting up recently at all?

If you like. There are no rules, just impressions. Make your case.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

If you like. There are no rules, just impressions. Make your case.

Nick K has kind of on good behaviour of late, he did have knee surgery that has kept him off the tour, though his GF wants to see Paris in the Spring, Nick had said earlier he will play RG this year,

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I agree with your thoughts regarding Shapo his latest melt down in the last tournament he lost, one Tennis Journalist asked
" Did he ever think of another career"

 

[Moxie]

I’m so sorry, did someone accidently mention Holger “Hook ‘em Horns” Rune in this thread?

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Don't try to get on my good side with that burnt orange, and cute pictures of Holger. He's been in villainy jail with most of the tennis world. Basically everyone is willing to chock his past infractions up to immaturity, if he's willing to straighten up his act. But he IS on probation.

 

[Moxie]

I agree with your thoughts regarding Shapo his latest melt down in the last tournament he lost, one Tennis Journalist asked
" Did he ever think of another career"

Shapo is a talented guy who let's his emotions get the best of him, but rarely plays the tennis that it seems like he should. And then he complains. I think he's on the naughty list.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Shapo is a talented guy who let's his emotions get the best of him, but rarely plays the tennis that it seems like he should. And then he complains. I think he's on the naughty list.

He is his own worst enemy granted, he can stay on the naughty list, I have had enough of his childish behavior period.

 

[Jelenafan]

Don't try to get on my good side with that burnt orange, and cute pictures of Holger. He's been in villainy jail with most of the tennis world. Basically everyone is willing to chock his past infractions up to immaturity, if he's willing to straighten up his act. But he IS on probation.

Unless you have included Stan Wawrinka and Casper Ruud to your villains list to attempt to have some semblance of credibility…

 

[Moxie]

Unless you have included Stan Wawrinka and Casper Ruud to your villains list to attempt to have some semblance of credibility…

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OK, I'll bite...what did Casper Ruud ever do? And even Stan, except get on the wrong side of Nick Kyrgios and Mirka Federer?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

OK, I'll bite...what did Casper Ruud ever do? And even Stan, except get on the wrong side of Nick Kyrgios and Mirka Federer?

Yes I am interested to? cause I know the real reasons for Stan and Casper Ruud? who do not belong on this Villian Post to start with? just some BS as far as I am concerned, trying to deflect the antics of Rune!

 

[nehmeth]

Yes I am interested to? cause I know the real reasons for Stan and Casper Ruud? who do not belong on this Villian Post to start with? just some BS as far as I am concerned, trying to deflect the antics of Rune!

You mean where Rune accused Casper of bullying him? And it turned out to be a fabrication, so that Rune could excuse his own bad behavior?? The only thing Ruud can be faulted for is a lack of athleticism, not sportsmanship.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

You mean where Rune accused Casper of bullying him? And it turned out to be a fabrication, so that Rune could excuse his own bad behavior??

Yep along those lines lol! nice to see you Nehmeth btw

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Nehmeth,

Apparently Novak was trying to be peace maker between Rune and Stan at MC, according to some journalists, there was a picture of the 3 of them, I must say they all looked awkward in the photo I saw lol!

 

[the AntiPusher]

Even if he solve world peace between the Eastern and Western Continents, Novak will always stay near the top.

 

[britbox]

Modern day players are saints compared to some characters of the past. @Jelenafan mentioned Ion Tiriac earlier in the thread - if he was playing now, then he'd probably be classed as the devil incarnate. Likewise McEnroe, Connors etc. In slightly more recent years, Jeff Tarango always came across as a bit of a tit.

 

[Fiero425]

Modern day players are saints compared to some characters of the past. @Jelenafan mentioned Ion Tiriac earlier in the thread - if he was playing now, then he'd probably be classed as the devil incarnate. Likewise McEnroe, Connors etc. In slightly more recent years, Jeff Tarango always came across as a bit of a tit.

Add Clark Graebner, Ilie Nastse, & Cliff Richey! The thing is as crazy as Richey behaved on the court, he did fundraisers for mental health orgs.!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Even if he solve world peace between the Eastern and Western Continents, Novak will always stay near the top.

You have got to give it to Novak, regarding his new age of how to smash a racquet with your feet lol!

 

[Moxie]

Modern day players are saints compared to some characters of the past. @Jelenafan mentioned Ion Tiriac earlier in the thread - if he was playing now, then he'd probably be classed as the devil incarnate. Likewise McEnroe, Connors etc. In slightly more recent years, Jeff Tarango always came across as a bit of a tit.

I think everyone agrees that Tiriac IS the devil incarnate. His post-tennis career has been even more heinous than his playing days...and that's saying a lot!