Very disappointed at Djokovic's on court behaviour this year...

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Djokovic has played well so far in 2015, a bit edgy at times, but when it's mattered he's stepped up his game well- and thus won the three most important tournaments.

However this thread is about Djokovic's behaviour this year, which has not been as good as his tennis.
I've always regarded Djokovic as a top sportsman, in fact I've always thought he's a better sportsman than Nadal and the other top players.
He seems a really nice guy off the court in his interviews, very friendly and has a good sense of humour, and on the court he claps his opponent's shots plenty of times.

This year though I think he's let himself down on a few occasions.
Firstly in Doha when he lost to Karlovic.

Check from 11min 13 second of this clip, he nearly hits one of the line judges with a ball in anger:


His final service game of that match against Karlovic was also very unprofessional, he didn't seem to put much of an effort in, serving and volleying of slow second serves.

Against Dolgo he got a code violation for poor behaviour, then actually lost a point when in the next game he smashed his racket. He had to start the next service game 0-15 down automatically, I rarely see that with top players.

And against Murray yesterday he did this, snatching a towel from the ball boy's hand and scaring him:


He apologised for it afterwards, as he should, and in his apology he still came across as a nice guy off-court; but this bad behaviour is becoming a bit of a trend this year.

Keep digging the hole !!!

socal1976 wrote:

Jahu wrote:Why? I never said anything about socal or his backgournd.

Don't be like bored housewives, stirring unnecessary bs.

I know socal longer then you, we have a nice political fight history here, since this forum exists.

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WHAT! Are you insane Jahu? I have moved on from the incident in question and I would just let sleeping dogs lie. However you are really pushing the envelope and forcing me to mention that fact that you have been banned at least once and possibly twice for racist comments about my background. I don't even remember the exact comment because I don't care. But Julius banned you for it, so how could you have never said anything about my background?

Yep, I do remember that.
As for this thread, Jahu I think you have to be careful not to cross the line when talking about cultures in different groups.

To move this thread on, I don't think that Djokovic's nationality has much of an impact on his behaviour, let's perhaps talk about other factors and issues.

socal1976 wrote:You know why you wouldn't say that comment in a room full of Roma people because they would be offended, because it is offensive. Greengoblin you admitted it as such because if it was normal comment without racist overtones you would have no problem saying it out loud. So you are dense because as you claim you still don't see it. Jahu, gave a race based analogy to generalize a negative stereotype about people from that part of the world. Hey buddy newsflash that is racist conduct. And thank you for proving how dense you are being.

umm what?.. I said I wouldn't say it out of fear of violence. Why are you crying about being offended as though it should afford you a privileged status. I might be offended by your username or by you tennis preferences. Doesn't mean anything. And no sorry, its not racist to point out that americans are more likely to be obese or that Chinese people tend to do well academically, or that gypsy's are generally not welcomed by local residents because of various problems they cause.

TRuffin wrote:

It Must Be Love wrote:

TRuffin wrote:I'll never forget being in the stands near them and watching his dad and cousins in Cinci, clearly drunk, just completely berating, cursing and harassing Djoko's outmatched opponent during the entire match.

Really ?
I've never noticed that, when was this ?

Against a young Harrison, I think either 2010 or 11.  I was at  cinci both those years, but seems like it would have been 11

I don't think it's a secret his entorague had poor behavior in the early years,  what I saw was just crazy though. drunk as skunks Several ushers tried to stop them and finally someone official came in towards the end and they quieted down.  

People learn from their mistakes though- and I think they seem pretty quiet and reserved now. At least from what the tv cameras are showing.

Djokovic's father also made pretty scathing comments about Federer last year, perhaps he needs to hire a PR man !

However I don't think it would be right for me to tar Djokovic due to the actions of his father, to be fair to Djokovic he said in the press he didn't agree with his father and has generally been very respectful towards his rivals in press conferences.

IMBL, it's your thread and I respect that, but socal as usually needs a reality check, some new jokes too and as minority fan of Djoko that he is here, we have to live with him for the good of the forum, though he more talks about Fed than Djoko

Djokovic nationality has nothing to do with it, it's under what spirit of life and under what surroundings he has grown up that is a factor.

Now, in my books that has nothing to do with nationality but with homeland in general.

And nothing whatsoever to do with tennis

On an individual level, where someone comes from akes no difference, it only when you talk about large numbers that you may suggest FACTUAL tendencies. "Djokovic gets edgy because thats what the Balkans are like" is neither factual or correct to makes wild assumptions about one person through it.
Thats the end of this cultural broadstroking conversation.

How did individual posters end up under the microscope? Djokovic is a mischief-maker, sneaking out from under the microscope of this article.

The players are human, too. No pedestal can hold them forever.

temporary21 wrote:People here know of where Socal hails from

Irvine, California?  They have an egg chamber somewhere around there.

Ever since that faithful moment many moons ago when eman described egg chamber's effects so well I am imagining George Costanza outlasting Nole in baseline rallies.