For tennis player Marcos Baghdatis, he was not particularly pleased with his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round of the Australian Open.
As evidenced in the below clip, Baghdatis took it out on four of his own tennis rackets by breaking them in a row:
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January 18, 2012
At least he took it out on himself, right? The reaction you see above from Marcos Baghdatis came after he fell behind two sets to Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday night. In case you had trouble keeping track, that was four racquets he destroyed. From my limited knowledge of tennis, I understand that the racquets these professionals use can...
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January 18, 2012
Marcos Baghdatis is waiting to find out the size of his fine after furiously smashing four rackets during a changeover in his Australian Open loss.
After going down a break in the third set against Stanislas Wawrinka, the 2006 finalist sat in his chair at the changeover and whacked his racket seven times on the court until it was completely mangled.
He then calmly gave it to a...
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January 18, 2012
I played tennis for a year in high school and still play quite a bit during the summer. And watching this video just makes me realize how much more I'd love playing tennis if I got to carry around a bottomless bag of top-of-the-line tennis rackets like the pros do. Like I've never had a racket that costs over $70 or so, and I get very competitive and pissed off on the court...
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January 18, 2012
In a second round men's singles tennis match in the 2012 Australian Open, Marcos Baghdatis fell behind two sets to Stanislas Wawrinka. Unhappy with the way he was playing, Baghdatis took his frustration out on some of his tennis rackets. Four of them, to be exact.
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January 19, 2012
What is it about the Australian Open and viral racquet smashes? Last year it was Aggie Radwanska’s now famous “boomerang” racquet but this year everybody is getting a repeat performance of Marcos Baghdatis’s now legendary four stick smash during his early round match against Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka. The video has been played during newscasts all [...]
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January 18, 2012
Marcos Baghdatis must REALLY hate his tennis rackets. In a fit of fury he destroys four of them in 45 seconds. We tried this once on Wii Tennis, but sadly it didn't work.
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January 18, 2012
One of the more entertaining aspects of sports is seeing athletes lose their cool when things don’t go there way. Over the years their have been some classic meltdowns. Now you can add another one ...
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January 18, 2012
Like a Cypriot, tennis-playing Gallagher, Marcos Baghdatis busted four -- count 'em, four -- racquets during a changeover in Wednesday night's Australian Open loss to Stanislas Wawrinka.
The 2008 finalist lost to first two sets to Wawrinka and had just been broken early in the third set when he sat down for a break and calmly* smashed the racquet he was using. He then three...
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January 19, 2012
Serena Williams was impressed. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was surprised. Novak Djokovic just couldn't wait to join the hundreds of thousands of people to have viewed online footage of Marcos Baghdatis' spectacular bout of racket rage.
Baghdatis went out of the Australian Open in a late-night match Wednesday, but he was still the talk of Melbourne Park a day later.
Down two sets...
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January 18, 2012
Marcos Baghdatis takes his frustration out on four of his tennis rackets at the Australian Open. Baghdatis lost his match to Stanislas Wawrinka — Talk about poor sportsmanship — He really should be taking his anger out on himself, not his helpless rackets. -TO
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January 19, 2012
Just in case you missed it, and by the lack of ratings for the Australian Open, you probably did, here is one of the best temper tantrums you will ever see. Marcos Baghdatis was just broken in the third set of his match against Stanislas Wawrinka, after dropping the first 2 sets. The 2008 finalist proceeded to smash 4 racquets, the last one still wrapped in plastic.
The pity...
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January 18, 2012
Marcos Baghdatis is waiting to find out the size of his fine after furiously smashing four rackets during a changeover in his Australian Open loss.
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January 19, 2012
Serena Williams was impressed. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was surprised. Novak Djokovic just couldn't wait to join the hundreds of thousands of people to have viewed online footage of Marcos Baghdatis' spectacular bout of racket rage. Baghdatis went out of the Australian Open in a late-night match Wednesday, but he was still the talk of Melbourne Park a day later.
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January 19, 2012
When I am frustrated and stressed I bite my nails or have a glass of wine. But, tennis player Marcos Baghdatis took a different route to blow off some steam during his recent match. Check out this video and be happy you aren’t one of these rackets:
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