Monday, January 10, 2022

Frustration on the court - Is Novak any worse than others - I say not.

Why is there so much judgement against Novak Djokovic when it comes to his behavior on the court? 

 

 I've seen many players display it in other ways including Federer and even Laver who I thought never did that.  

Recently, I found an old video on Youtube of a match between Borg and Laver in the '70s that I had never seen. Laver was frustrated that his best wasn't working against Borg and he was getting passed at the net and hitting winners that turned out not to be winners. I could see his frustration mounting. The tell-tale sign of his mounting frustration he started to try drop shots from the baseline, never a good plan especially against someone like Borg. After losing a game and maybe the set, he fired a ball off of his racket up into the stands. I was surprised because I had never seen Laver act out. Frustration and stress can get to anyone.