Take the recent fawning adulation received by Roger F and Serena W on the news of their retirement
Gentlemen’s game?
Humiliating/Frustrating
Brings out the worst in people
We don’t get off on it, when we beat an opponent. And it is especially galling when an opponent beats you, and he clearly gets of on it. There’s nothing you can do: you lost, so suck it up
Review history.of bad behavior, starting with John Newcomb and Jimmy Connors; McEnroe; the Romanian one; Kyrguios; Federer as teen; Serena Williams; Djokovic family;
Personal experience: Princeton incident; old guy at ? house in Brookfirld; Harvey; Anglo-Irishman at Weston;
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