The 8 Dirtiest Plays in Tennis (Controversial Moments)

that umpire rant is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen

I really thank you for bringing the Millman thing to public. I was astonished how he was allowed to do that during the match and I kept telling everyone that this is foul play. And he was being coached all the f***g time! Glad that Fed beat him in that match.

Confused with umpires response to Nadal ‘he’s been doing it every point Rafa’. Does that mean the umpire thought it was ok? Or that he was powerless to stop him doing it? Weird

Iga actually acknowledged her distracting hand waving on social media after the San Diego 2022 final and chastised herself for doing it (after being called out by people, of course). She stated that she would never do it again. And in 2023, I don’t believe she ever did that again.

4:18 it really says a lot about Tsitsipas' character.

Tsitsipas' "passing" shot to the body is absolutely legal - but he would have looked way better if he gave Carlos a cheaky smile and a halfhearted apology afterwards :face-blue-smiling:

Hahahah Gaston,what a joke.

Murray not giving the point is an absolute disgrace to the sport.. If I was in Troicki's position I d have humiliated him right away in front of everyone..

Swiatek stopped doing that after that match against Vekic because she faced some backlash from the fans and players community. So that's good

Murray should have conceded the point for the sake of the ball boy, who was obviously distraught over his mistake. Murray could not have returned the smash even if he had rocket jets attached to his ass.

USTA explanation of intentional hinderance: "...any movement that is made intentionally in order to distract the opponent, such as waving the arms or racquet or stomping feet can be claimed as a hindrance."

The other dirty play is when the ball touches a part of your body, and you don't concede the point. It was so cool during the 2023 US Open doubles final when Bopanna stopped the point and conceded the point, but no one else on the court realized it.

The worst case I've ever saw was Anabel Medina Garrigues vs Serena Williams in 2013. Anabel during the changeover breaks would demand the balls from the ball boys and then purposely rub them and destroy them on her racquet. She did this during a clay court tournament so the balls would break down and play even slower and make it harder for Serena to hit winners against her.

If these are the 8 dirtiest plays you could find it says a lot for tennis. 3 of these weren't even bad plays, they were bad calls (judgment) from the umpire and had nothing to do with the players. And 1 of them was Djokovich turning his back to an incoming smash. The only shocking 1 here was Gaston's action, which rightly got him a huge fine.

The cameron norrie smash is completely and obviously accidentally hitting djokovic. Djokovic started walking away, but Norrie is watching the ball, he has no idea that djokovic stopped playing, which was kind of a pussy move TBH. Norrie has to make the overhead to win the point so he goes middle which is the correct play in this situation since it limits your opponent's time to react and angles to reply with. Novak was a baby about this. I am not a norrie fan, but the only thing controversial about that play was anybody crying about it.

$155k fine is insane.

Millman thing is interesting. I wouldn’t have thought you can get the ball that wet doing that. I wonder if he just trying to flatten down the fluff on the ball to hit the serve faster. I’ve heard players complain that the Australian open balls fluff up too much and as a server you definitely don’t want that. A touch of moisture and rubbing would definitely flatten the fluff for that first serve.

The dirtiest tricks are freezing the opponent with breaks. Some go to the toilet for ages repeatedly, some break their shoe laces and some do both…!

Cheap, cheap, cheap. I like and greatly admire Alcaraz. And I love his intense stare down of Tsitsipas (the Tsetse fly).

The Rune double bounce vs Cerundolo was missing too!!