that umpire rant is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen

I really thank you for bringing the Millman thing to public. I was astonished how he was allowed to do that during the match and I kept telling everyone that this is foul play. And he was being coached all the f***g time! Glad that Fed beat him in that match.

4:18 it really says a lot about Tsitsipas' character.

Swiatek stopped doing that after that match against Vekic because she faced some backlash from the fans and players community. So that's good

Iga actually acknowledged her distracting hand waving on social media after the San Diego 2022 final and chastised herself for doing it (after being called out by people, of course). She stated that she would never do it again. And in 2023, I don’t believe she ever did that again.

Murray should have conceded the point for the sake of the ball boy, who was obviously distraught over his mistake. Murray could not have returned the smash even if he had rocket jets attached to his ass.

Murray not giving the point is an absolute disgrace to the sport.. If I was in Troicki's position I d have humiliated him right away in front of everyone..

Nice video. Surprised you did not include the Bouzkova / Sorribes-Tormo doubles pair at Roland Garros 2023 getting their opponents disqualified over a harmless incident and then laughing about it. That was DIRTY

Hahahah Gaston,what a joke.

The other dirty play is when the ball touches a part of your body, and you don't concede the point. It was so cool during the 2023 US Open doubles final when Bopanna stopped the point and conceded the point, but no one else on the court realized it.

Confused with umpires response to Nadal ‘he’s been doing it every point Rafa’. Does that mean the umpire thought it was ok? Or that he was powerless to stop him doing it? Weird

The worst case I've ever saw was Anabel Medina Garrigues vs Serena Williams in 2013. Anabel during the changeover breaks would demand the balls from the ball boys and then purposely rub them and destroy them on her racquet. She did this during a clay court tournament so the balls would break down and play even slower and make it harder for Serena to hit winners against her.

If these are the 8 dirtiest plays you could find it says a lot for tennis. 3 of these weren't even bad plays, they were bad calls (judgment) from the umpire and had nothing to do with the players. And 1 of them was Djokovich turning his back to an incoming smash. The only shocking 1 here was Gaston's action, which rightly got him a huge fine.

Norrie was not intentional. Djoko was way too close to the net and still moving in the middle. For a high volley players are used to hitting in the middle in case the ball was out.

USTA explanation of intentional hinderance: "...any movement that is made intentionally in order to distract the opponent, such as waving the arms or racquet or stomping feet can be claimed as a hindrance."

The Rune double bounce vs Cerundolo was missing too!!

Great video…especially the umpire antics …pretty astonishing. I was expecting Kyrgios to show up here somewhere 😂

Millman thing is interesting. I wouldn’t have thought you can get the ball that wet doing that. I wonder if he just trying to flatten down the fluff on the ball to hit the serve faster. I’ve heard players complain that the Australian open balls fluff up too much and as a server you definitely don’t want that. A touch of moisture and rubbing would definitely flatten the fluff for that first serve.

the djokovic norrie is not bad, its much easier to hit a overhead shot cross court than down the line

Why was Novak looking away? If he was going for a walk in the park and Cameron jumped out of a bush and smashed a ball at him, then fair enough, but it was a live tennis point, in a match where he was the opponent.

Nobody commenting about the clip with umpire in the Sousa match? That was absolutely insane and hilarious. Like what the actual fuck :D

The dirtiest tricks are freezing the opponent with breaks. Some go to the toilet for ages repeatedly, some break their shoe laces and some do both…!

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Yeah cause Djokovic NEVER takes medical timeouts to disrupt his opponents... Also you shouldn't give up on the point, at least to the extent of turning your back - in this case if he'd literally just stayed in the point there's a halfway chance he gets a racquet on that ball

How is the Amarisa Toth v Zhang Shuai incident not in here??? Toth literally erased the ball mark showing it was out and Shuai quit the match in protest… definitely the single dirtiest play I’ve seen in tennis.

Cheap, cheap, cheap. I like and greatly admire Alcaraz. And I love his intense stare down of Tsitsipas (the Tsetse fly).

Where's the sorribes tormo bouzkova scandal where they got two japanese players defaulted for accidentally hitting a ballkid then laughed about it? Should also include that one doubles match where one of the players served right at the net player then laughed about it

Tsitsipas' "passing" shot to the body is absolutely legal - but he would have looked way better if he gave Carlos a cheaky smile and a halfhearted apology afterwards

Nice enlightening video of the crazies in tennis 😂. And it's the duty of the empires and tournament directors to ensure that rules, decorum and sportsmanship is always maintained by one and all as it had always been over the years.

That Norrie one was a complete accident, Novak should have been ready. Never turn your back mid point. And I’m saying this as a massive Novak fan. That mto by Norrie was bullshit tho 😅😂😂

Alcaraz is such a great kid and great player. He's so good that I usually root against him, because he's such a favorite to win. Nevertheless, you have to respect the way he carries himself and the way he plays the game. He never complains and just goes out and handles business... a real class act.

Musetti is known for not calling those double-bounces.. it's not the first time this happened to him, he's an all-around POS

One I remember very vividly was when Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez played Serena at the French Open years back. Maria hit a drop shot, Serena came to net and hit a backhand that actually bounced off Maria’s arm, but Maria won the point because it “appeared” to be that Maria hit a winning volley (a bad call from the umpire, but Maria also acted as if she didn’t do anything wrong if my recollection is correct). Serena was NOT happy about that….she was ready to throw hands with Maria in that locker room 😂

Murray should have guve the point.

Is the Swiatek arm waving thing why Ostapenko does the shoe squeaking on iga's serve?

how about Toth vs Zhang?

The Swiatek one. Confusing the passing shot maker with a lateral split step is completely legitimate move, but the jumping Jack is unsportsman-like and could be the subject of a caution from the chair ump depending on the context of a match to protect against this antic taking over and effecting the entire match.

There have been worse. Murray aiming at Federer (he missed) and Tsonga (hit him in the nuts). Justine Henin (great backhand, evil person) raising her hand against Serena's serve.

I was watching the Coric against Hugo match live ,So glad Borna won the match.

I think 4:25 is perfectly reasonable. There’s no way he can realistically pass from that situation, so launching it at Alcaraz in hope that he will mess up a volley is definitely the right play. Don’t cry about having a ball sent your way when you’re the one who approached the net.

Stef and toilet breaks could be on this list and Nadal for taking a minute to take a second serve in the 2020 French open final match I believe

I remember Sharapova hitting Serena with the ball at Aussie’07. Serena was notorious for hitting players at net too. Technically it’s legal but it not sportsmanlike.

Very good video and some awkward ones. As for the double bounce I couldn't see it and at the level of competition I played there was no umpire or cctv so the benefit of the doubt would be given unless the other player wished to concede the ball bounced twice.

Umpires have NO role in coaching, or impacting the match by letting players either take too much time between serves or slowing the game down. Like that lady who refused to make the opponent be ready for the serve: recently, Coco was serving - she had to wait for the other player to step up to the line. Coco complained & The umpire actually told Coco that she was serving too fast. First, totally not true. Second, not her place to slow things down. Clearly showing favorites here!

That umpire of the Sousa match is an absolute legend, wtf

Musetti one didn’t look like double bounce though. From the slow mo angle??

Norrie's smash is fair enough tbh. He can't see Djokovic when he's looking straight up at the ball.

The Millman one is super dirty, you can't just wet your balls like that!

The cameron norrie smash is completely and obviously accidentally hitting djokovic. Djokovic started walking away, but Norrie is watching the ball, he has no idea that djokovic stopped playing, which was kind of a pussy move TBH. Norrie has to make the overhead to win the point so he goes middle which is the correct play in this situation since it limits your opponent's time to react and angles to reply with. Novak was a baby about this. I am not a norrie fan, but the only thing controversial about that play was anybody crying about it.

correction: if the ball falls out of the pocket of a player, the point immediately goes to the opponent. Maybe because of this exact reason.

The racking tapping one with Nadal is interesting bcoz it may not be clear cut as we think. His opponent might had use tge racket tapping as a means of "Timing" when receiving serve rather than deliberately putting Rafa off

wehere is Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo/Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi disqualification?

Lendl made a career of intimidating players at the net by hitting them. It’s called pegging but a lot of players did this in the 80 but Lendl was know for it. He pegged McEnroe all the time and honestly if you can’t handle the net then you shouldn’t be their

Great vid

Wow, been watching tennis since the 80's, and I don't ever remember a player waving their arms to distract a player before. You think this was basketball or something.

Carlos Alcaraz is the epitome of class. Incredible for such a young guy

Murray was never going to concede the point and to be fair, i don't really blame him. If a bird flew close to Troicki or a plastic bag, the umpire would have called hindrance regardless, it's just a case of bad luck for Victor. 99,9 % of the time you know when the ball has bounced twice before you make contact with it. Players can act dumb all they like, but you know it when it happens and it's up to you to be fair and say so. Iga admitted that what she did was unfair and i don't think she has done it ever since, so definitely not intentional.

I give Norrie benefit of the doubt on that smash - it was a freak deflection from Novak that went straight up - but he should have held Novak's gaze and made a firmer apology

It's very often that you see people talking about things which they have no idea what they are talking about, and in this case it is "Tennisproductions." John Millman is not rolling the ball to soak them in his sweat. He's rolling the ball to smooth out the felt so the ball is faster in the air. Millman is one of the classiest and fairest guys on tour. You should keep your accusations to incidents you actually know about.

You missed the several instances of players grunting like stuck pigs on every shot and/or acting like lunatics (e.g. McEnroe) to throw other players off their game.

If ur at the net anything goes with regard to a shot directly at u. If someone is injured surely there should be compassion but this is still a competitive game. Some of these are not dirty when they’re just regular plays like the djokovich hit by smash or the liner at the net player. The rubbing tennis balls on body is obvious.

I think Tsitsipas´ bully allegations to Kyrgios at Wimbledon 22 could be on this list too - or the match itself :D

Missing Blake Gonzalez from the 2008 Olympics

How about Novak Djokovic? The time he takes to bounce the ball before he serves get curiously long whenever he is behind in a match. And does he take injury breaks to disrupt his opponents' momentum?

Hahahahaha...four things instantly came to mind...Millman rubbing the balls on his shirt against Roger, Soderling mocking Rafa digging his shorts all the time, Rosol when he kicked over Rafa's water bottle at Wimbledon and Laura Siegemund trying to interrupt Gauff''s serve. Serena's had some hinky moments as well, but we're all supposed to pretend she didn't. Keeping it classy...

Swiantek is just hillarious ... like a Jack in a Box but I think she stopped doing that some time ago.

Troicki is Troi C (as in TSitsipas) and then K (as in Cat) not just K sound and silent C like in most English words for example, nock, clock, lock etc.

What about fernando Gonzalez touching a ball that was going out against james blake and then lying to the umpire in the OLYMPICS?? Which he went on to win!!!

Fognini calling out as Murray was hitting a shot deseves a mention

I love the Alcaraz-Tsitsipas match-up.

What about Meligeni vs Robredo? This was absolutely ridiculous...

The Musetti ball can be hit with that much spin if you launch a slice at it, but in this case doesn’t. Also that Norries situation is actually very opposite, guy was looking at a high ball, he knows Novak is there but he won’t know if he facing him or not. If you see typical Novak you know he’s going to fight for the point especially when Norrie is not know for having a strong net game. The apology could have been better though I will say that. Same with the Tsitsipas situation. Cannot stand him, but if he apologised then it wouldn’t have been bad coz that was a dog shit volley from Alcaraz and you’ve seen Kyrgios make a shot like that against Wawrinka so it’s not impossible but very unlikely, same situation with Kygs and Nadal at Wimbledon, don’t come to net if you can’t handle a ball been put at you. Tennis is so soft from fans who never actually played

what about the one where in doubles that pair got that poor japanese player DQd because she accidentally hit a ball at a ball boy?

Aiming to the body are part of tennis strategy. the intention is not to hit the oponen but to produce an error. In the other hand I love Swiatek but I was not aware of her moving her arms to distract the opponent. She should be penalized.

Djokovic turning his back at that distance is actually a hindrance, and it's clearly intentional.

The worst was when Serena, in all her roid rage,threatened to murder a linesperson for making the right call.

The unp did the right thing when the ball boy ran on court, but Murray should have given the point to Toicki….pronounced Troy ski

Regarding the Norrie smash. Novak sucks at overheads so it’s realistic to think Norrie made a mistake on the smash and it was a mis hit

nice commentary

Djokovic's tactical overly long bathroom breaks when he's losing are probably worse than most of the things in this video. They are a significant blight on his character and legacy. Ditto his ludicrous ball bouncing before serving. Nadal is a bit of a time waster, too, but not as bad a Djokovic.

John Millman actually wasn't trying to make the balls "wet" to slow them down in my opinion. He's serving so the idea is that he's rubbing the felt down on the ball to make the ball 'quicker' on the bounce and making the serve harder to return. I'm not sure if he's Australian, but my Australian coach (served and volleyed) would always tell me to do this before serving.

could also mention the moment when Raonic lied about not touching the net, and nuuuuuumerous moments by Berdych and Stepanec - not admitting the ball bounced twice, purposedly hitting the opponent with the ball...

Great Video

How do you do a segment like this without including the Queen of Dirt Sereena?

If you play tennis you absolutely know if you got to the ball before the 2nd bounce… musetti is a cheat and I’ll always support against him from now on

No caso da Iga, o árbitro é quem tem que marcar hindrance e ela não faria mais.

Nice video

I never realized there were ways to cheat at tennis. Learned alot!

haven't looked through all the comments yet, but i remember henin holding her hand up right before serena served, as if to ask for a stoppage, then serena got messed up and served it out b/c she caught the hand gesture while serving. the chair ump didn't see henin's hand going up so he didn't call a let or let serena have 2 serves. and henin never owned up to it.

I don’t think Norrie could see Novak. It doesn’t seem intentional to me

I am glad I am an italian who knows spanish as well and I can understand everything Moscarella says from 6:19 to 7:36 without reading subtitles. There are also some bad words like "cazzo" or "la concha de mi hermana" not reported in the subtitles, and this makes everything even funnier 😂😂😂😂😂

Millman was not trying to wet the ball. He was rolling it to reduce the fluff. After a new ball has been played for a few games, the outer material gets fluffed up. This increases air friction and shows the ball down. Many players do it, including myself. I'm pretty sure Lendl did. It actually restores the ball to the condition it was in when it was fresh out of the can. Not cheating at all.

Sissy Pants, aka Tsisipas, is a real unsportsmanlike piece of work.

Millman's shirt was DRY! It was so obvious. Looks more as if he was wiping it.

Millman using the old Thomas Muster trick. Muster got into trouble at the 1994 French Open against Pat Rafter by rubbing the balls in the clay to slow them down. I'm surprised that match wasn't mentioned in this video, because Muster tried every trick in the book, including spitting at Rafter at one point.

I don't really fault Norrie for hitting Djokovic. You can't stand right in the middle of the court and expect not to get hit. If Djokovic was standing on the far sideline from the ump and got hit that would be different.

Making the ball wet would probably cause the bounce to be erratic/weird/uncomfortable just after the serve. Not to make it slower.

Millman: I'm not sure you interpreted this right. A lot of times, balls fluff up, and players will roll them to try to smooth them a little, and get a bit more speed on the serve. If you can win a point right off the first shot, that's a big advantage. Murray: According to the rules, Andy may have been right. But there is a question of sportsmanship. I dont think Andy was very sporting here. Also, some ...interesting ... officiating...

Murray did not conspire with the ball kid to run onto the court during play

There is long story with Norrie , complaining that Novak should not be qualified for the ATP finals in 2022 , after winning Wimbledon. This guy is the most disgusting player , but he is British, so the press support him.