You could same the same thing about Nick's antics on court. You have no idea what is going on in his head to make him do or say what he does on the court, but everyone speculates with him and that seems perfectly fine. We could speculate that it is all sorts of scenarios. It still doesn't make it the right thing to do, disrespecting someone out on the court like that. If he wanted to do something like that then do it in the locker room. If both he and Frances had something between them don't show it out on the court.Deuce wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:35 am But, again - you don't know what precipitated the Brooksby action when he beat Tiafoe.
Maybe it was him ridiculing Tiafoe's 'celebrations'.
Maybe Tiafoe did something bad or stupid to upset and/or disrespect Brooksby at some point before or during the match, and Brooksby 'retaliated' for that by mocking Tiafoe's 'celebration'.
Maybe Tiafoe stole Brooksby's lunch earlier in the day...
The fact is, without knowing WHY Brooksby did that, no-one should condemn his character - or even the action.
What I saw was people very eagerly condemning him and piling on, as if it's some sort of game. And I don't like that.
Knowledge is the most important ingredient in any assessment. Without knowledge of facts, any assessment - or judgement - is completely misplaced and unfair.
There was a match just before the Brooksby one and after the match both players started arguing on the court about a call and it went on and on like something was not settled between the two players. That is the sort of thing that should not be on the court and should be taken back to the locker room. The same with Nick Kyrgios disrespecting Brandon Nakashima at Wimbledon. Cursing in the heat of the battle for making a bad shot or something like that is going to happen on the court, but disrespecting your opponent on the court should never happen and I don't care what you say how it happened or what made it happen it still happened and it shouldn't have and it made Brooksby look bad. That is all I am going to say about it.