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FredBed · Challenger Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

What are your pet hates about tennis?
Mine are:
1. Cheats
2. Players on adjacent courts with no tennis etiquette
3. People who buy racquets just because they like the pro who "plays" with it. (In fact, most pros racquets are heavily customized, a are paintjobbed to look like the newest model)
4. Players who question every ball that is close but out/in.

Would Like to know your views

Thanks
Fred
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leftys_rock · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:51 am Post subject:

#3 of your list is one of pet peeves....some people think that they will play better just because they use a racquet that andy roddick uses or something.....
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Gators-Rox · Quarter Finalist Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 245

#2 on your list is the one that bothers me the most. I hate when I am playing a point and a player from another comes into or behind my court and picks up one of the balls that went astray.

J-man · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject:

i kids who i play that are in pi**sy moods. when they win one good point they at like they freakn' won wimbledon Rolling Eyes

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J-man · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:

i've never had a doubles partner laugh at me when i miss a shot. though i do get mad for my partner when they miss a shot
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stevos14 · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

Ya, it gets really frustrating and hard to make the next shots. I get all self-conscious Smile

leftys_rock · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject:

yeah, we played this school, and they said "CMON!" like seven times after you double faulted... Mad

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x.doublea · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:30 pm Post subject:

They're all pet peeves on mine, but I would have to say #3 and #4 are my biggest. I just hate it when players question my line calls and I abolutely despise talking to people who think they're so great and knowledgeable about tennis by buying 'Agassi's' racquet or 'Roddick's' racquet. Too many players have no idea about paint jobs....
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leftys_rock · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:52 pm Post subject:

i just hate it when you hit a shot that is perfectly on the line, the person calls it out just because they cant get to it.......it happens with my serves a lot......i once lost a match because i got rattled by one of those bad calls.....
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x.doublea · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject:

I know how you feel. What I sometimes do is stare at the line for a few seconds and then at the opponent, just to 'warn' them.... I remember a parent once called my shot out and I just lost my composure.
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leftys_rock · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject:

i know this sounds kind of stupid, but i remember i was playing a tournament, and the girl i was playing asked me "dont i hit exactly like sharapova does?" and i had to do all i could to stop laughing(her strokes were ATROCIOUS).....but later it got annoying because she kept asking me that on changeovers.....i just gave a shrug of the shoulders.....and i beat her in the end....
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x.doublea · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject:

I would just say something like: "Of course you do," and stop her from talking.... That's quite funny, though. Laughing

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leftys_rock · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject:

i kind of modeled my game around JHH's so it figures that a person with "JHH" strokes beat somebody with "sharapova" strokes Laughing

.....oh yes, another one of my pet peeves are the people that are sharapova wannabes.....it befuddles me why somebody would want to copy that shrieking of hers......i mean, it is completely pointless if the shriek is forced.....
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x.doublea · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject:

Yes. I would take Henin-Hardenne's strokes over Sharapova's any day of the week.

You're right....it's pointless. If you've noticed, even Sharapova has quited down her grunt this year....

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