This is the Greatest Tennis Meltdown of the Modern Era Courtesy of Viktor Troicki
They say tennis is one of the loneliest sports, a man or woman out on an island beating ball after ball back at an opponent that is going through the same mental checklist on each shot in hopes of reigning supreme. In some cases, that solitarily can lead one to a bit of a breakdown. Enter Viktor Troicki, a 27-year-old Serbian with one career ATP title and now one career-defining...
Tennis player Viktor Troicki has epic meltdown (Video)
Viktor Troicki played a pretty forgettable match against Ernests Gulbis in the second round of the Italian Open on Wednesday, but he did have a pretty memorable meltdown. Troicki was down a set and serving to start out the second set down 30-40. Facing a break point, Troicki hit a crosscourt backhand that went deep and appeared to clip the line. The chair umpire called it out, giving...
Video: A tennis meltdown for the ages
On Tuesday during a second round match at the Italian Open in Rome (known as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to the natives), Viktor Troicki of Serbia was blitzed by Ernest Gulbis in the first set, 6-1 and about to lose the first game of the second set when a shot by Troicki was ruled out by the chair umpire.
That's when Troicki decided to go bonkers on the court. He...
Tennis player Viktor Troicki has on-court meltdown for the ages (VIDEO)
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In what ended up being a never-ending “Are we there yet?” type exchange with the chair umpire, Viktor Troicki delivered one of the better rants of 2013.
During a match against Ernests Gulbis in the Rome Open earlier this week, Troicki hit a backhand that appeared to nip some of the baseline. The shot was ruled “in” by the line judge, but then overturned by the chair...
Viktor Troicki Has Epicly Long Meltdown At Italian Open
Viktor Troicki had one of the longest tantrums we have seen in quite a while, especially at an international professional sporting event. Viktor even said he would quit at one point while arguing with the referee over a ball that he felt he was in bounds, but the ref called out. The crowd started to love it as the rant went on, and we did as well.
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Fan Thrown Out for Heckling Viktor Troicki at Australian Open (Video)
Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki lost his second-round match at the Australian Open in five sets to Mikhail Kukushkin. It probably didn’t help that Troicki was playing on the outer courts where the fans are only a few feet away from the action and have easy access to heckling.
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