Re: '22 Wimbledon Day 8 OoP & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:40 pm
Yeah, the "You're Done" comment was just beyond belief and something definitely should have been said by the chair umpire about that.meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:31 pmI've seen Carlos Bernardes telling Nick to "Stop. Stop. Stop" over and over when Nick was going off on him, and it didn't work.Cuckoo4Coco wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:01 pmIn the Tsitsipas match when the Chair Umpire loudly responded that Nick was going to challenge a call and you could hear in his voice he was irritated by Nick's antics you could see a little that Nick was surprised by the out burst by the chair umpire. Now that wasn't from his opponent and he just kept going and did what he had to do to win the match his way, but that outburst by the chair umpire shocked him a bit at least for a minute.Deuce wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:32 pm When I say that Kyrgios would become unglued rather quickly if another player truly confronted and challenged him on his behaviour, I mean that it would significantly affect his tennis - because being challenged would make him terrified of being exposed, and being disliked by everyone.
I'd even go so far as to say that if another player ever truly confronted/challenged him on his behaviour, it could very well be the end of Nick's tennis career - because he is incredibly fragile psychologically and emotionally.
I don't think he became unglued in the Tsitsipas match - Kyrgios was the maestro of that match, and was in total control of the 'mood' of the match. Tsitsipas was the one who became unglued by Nick's behaviours and manipulations.
As you say, Nakashima didn't buy into the nonsense - he ignored it and kept on his own path. And the result was that he came closer to beating Kyrgios than Tsitsipas did, despite Tsitsipas being a better player than Nakashima right now.
But I agree, if anyone ever confronted Nick about it on court, maybe he'd shut it down, but it depends.
I like the way Brandon responded, and hopefully Nick apologized in the locker room - that was so bush league.