Broken rackets, rants and more
Serena Williams has had her fair share of outbursts. How did she threaten a line judge at the US Open in 2009?
She told her: “You will never, ever be on a court of mine again”
She said: “I will look for you, I will pursue you, I will find you and I will kill you”
She said: “I swear to God, I’ll fucking take the ball and shove it down your fucking throat”
She said: “You are blind, a moron and should be unemployed”
Who called an umpire a “bum” at the US Open in 1991?
Pete Sampras
Jim Courier
John McEnroe
Jimmy Connors
McEnroe shouted the line “you cannot be serious” to an umpire at Wimbledon in 1981. Who won the men’s singles that year?
Bjorn Borg
John McEnroe
Jimmy Connors
Tom Gullikson
Jeff Tarango had a meltdown after a disputed ace call at Wimbledon in 1995. Which of these is not true of the incident?
He told the fans to “shut up”
He called the umpire “the most corrupt official in the game”
He stormed off the court
His wife confronted the umpire and tried to slap him
He snapped his racket in half
At which tournament did John McEnroe call an umpire a “jerk” in 1984?
Wimbledon
Stockholm Open
Australian Open
US Open
David Nalbandian was disqualified from the Queen’s Club Championships in 2012 final because …
He threw his racket at the umpire
He blasted a ball into the crowd and broke a man’s glasses
He kicked an advertising board and injured a line judge
He smashed a TV camera with his racket
How many rackets did Marcos Baghdatis smash after losing the second set of his second-round match against Stanislas Wawrinka in the Australian Open in 2012?
Two
Three
Four
Five
In the final of the French Open in 1999, Martina Hingis blew a lead against Steffi Graf and reacted by arguing line calls, crossing to Graf’s side of the court to check line calls, serving underarm, collapsing into tears and running from the court after her defeat – and only returning for the prize-giving as her mother insisted. How old was Hingis at the time?
16
18
21
23
How did Mikhail Youzhny injure himself after he had lost a point to Nicolas Almagro at the Sony Ericsson Open in 2008?
He punched a ballboy and broke a finger
He repeatedly smashed himself in the head with his racket
He kicked his chair and injured his toe
He headbutted the ground and gave himself a concussion
Viktor Troicki called umpire Damiano Torella “the worst umpire in the world” at Wimbledon in 2016. What else did he call him?
A moron
An idiot
A dweeb
A fraud
Which British player has been disqualified from a double’s match at Wimbledon for hitting a ball in anger and striking a ball girl on the head?
Jamie Murray
Laura Robson
Tim Henman
1 and above.
Game, set and match … to your opponent
2 and above.
Game, set and match … to your opponent
3 and above.
Game, set and match … to your opponent
4 and above.
Game, set and match … to your opponent
5 and above.
It’s gone to a tiebreaker but you’ve secured the win
6 and above.
You aced it
7 and above.
You aced it
8 and above.
You aced it
9 and above.
Game, set and match to you
10 and above.
Game, set and match to you
0 and above.
Game, set and match … to your opponent
11 and above.
Game, set and match to you
Written by Matthew Celentano
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/12/tennis-tantrums-quiz-meltdowns-serena-williams under the title “Tennis tantrums quiz: how well do you remember these meltdowns?”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
