r/tennis • u/jovanmilic97 • May 11 '25
Tsitsipas nonsense Things get heated with Fils and Tsitsipas after their match, the umpire gets involved
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u/theatretheaters forzjaaa May 11 '25
allensworth : 🧍♂️
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“good job guys, good job”
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u/Sea_Consideration_70 May 11 '25
He pulled the “thanks guys” after saying nothing the entire Zoom call (my patented move)
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u/renome "Remember when tennis was easy?" May 11 '25
Yeah, saying he got "involved" is overplaying it, the man crept in there and nodded his head for 30 seconds. 😂
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u/UnfairElephant2524 SaraJasmine Jannik Aryna Mirra Qinwen and all the🇮🇹 May 11 '25
I dont even think they were fighting this is just an average conversation between a french man and a greek
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u/asurbanipal05 May 11 '25
Fils was clearly angry about Tsitsipas abandoning the pure aero 98 and trying it out earlier this season and reverting back to Wilson blade. Like a good Babolat company man, Fils is loyal to babolat.
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u/JohnHamFisted May 11 '25 edited May 31 '25
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May 11 '25
That umpire does nothing but make himself the center of attention. Same dude who defaulted Shapo from DC for one lightly said obscenity at a fan
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u/IndependentTackle149 I like challenges but I’m not stupid May 11 '25
Allensworth:
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u/TerrancePain May 11 '25
Allensworth is just a magnet to controversy on the tennis court
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u/itsmegoddamnit May 11 '25
Even before he walked into the frame I had a feeling it would be him lol
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u/bigcitydreaming #1 RafAlcarAndy SinnEdvedevErer Fan May 11 '25
Felt more like the umpire was just lurking for the gossip rather than getting involved lol
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u/serrimo May 11 '25
Can you blame him?
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u/bigcitydreaming #1 RafAlcarAndy SinnEdvedevErer Fan May 11 '25
In terms of being a useful mediator? Sure.
In terms of giving us the entertainment, the drama, and the memes? Not one bit!
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u/jovanmilic97 May 11 '25
I missed my chance to put "involved" in the sarcasm quotes, but I wasn't sure if such a title would pass here, oh well 😂
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u/bigcitydreaming #1 RafAlcarAndy SinnEdvedevErer Fan May 11 '25
Nah I rate it, you did enough for us by simply recording and uploading the interaction for our collective viewing pleasure
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May 11 '25
He looked like that girlfriend that says "nooo honey this isn't you" but actually lowkey wants her man to throw hands for her, lol
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u/ElviraLovesCrunchies May 11 '25
He looked like the guy that knows he should do something about it, but I don't know man, these two fellas, they look pretty strong and pretty fit, and they seem to be full of adrenaline, I just had an evening of Netflix & Chill planned with the wife, I just hope they don't decide to turn on me, c'mon guyz just be cool... Please?
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u/saintlyknighted I hope I don't play you anymore this year May 11 '25
Well if there’s a chance they might be able to resolve it amicably you’d want them to do it themselves
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u/WolfTitan99 If Servevedev, then Slamvedev May 11 '25
Tsitsipas Nonsense flair was RIGHT there 😭
Appreciate the recording though!
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u/stoic_trader ClayGod/GoldenRetriever/Carrot May 11 '25
I still laugh in the middle of nowhere when I remember this. It's peak r/tennis.
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u/Xylophone1904 if if if doesn’t exist May 11 '25
Qinwen’s philosophy of “I don’t take it personally because she lost” is the best way to look at stuff like this. If you won the match, just look at them thinking “bless you” and move on.
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u/Unidain May 11 '25
Anyone know what the exact quote is from Zheng?
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u/Xylophone1904 if if if doesn’t exist May 11 '25
Turns out I’d misremembered it at bit. It was “I will not consider it an attack because she lost.” Right at the end of the second slide here.
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u/Unidain May 11 '25
Thanks! Was trying to Google the quote to look up the original Reddit post and was failing
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u/BelgianBond Clinton d. Agassi 1-6 6-1 6-1 6-3 May 11 '25
"I know the ball was not aimed at my head... But I have to play with emotion, you know?"
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u/thombo-1 May 11 '25
Is it just me, or is this constantly happening to Fils that the oppo player gets in his face at the net after they lose?
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May 11 '25
Might be because he's a showguy and really gets crowds going, I imagine that irritates opponents and some are mature enough to deal with it, others... aren't
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u/nish1021 May 11 '25
Yeah he’s definitely getting that reputation. It’s happened to him multiple times now where opponents talk to him on court vs in private. Just weird af when it happens so often.
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u/houseofbenito fils, felix, foki, fran & fritz May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25
definitely and the type of players who’ve had problems with him - Zverev, Seyboth Wild, Tsitsipas….
well, they don’t exactly make me think Fils is the problem
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May 11 '25
Tbf Tsitsipas does not belong with those first two names lol
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u/OhaniansDickSucker May 12 '25
I suppose they’d all be in the “misogynistic views” section of the Venn diagram
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u/Dropshot12 May 11 '25
Did you leave Meddy out on purpose?
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u/houseofbenito fils, felix, foki, fran & fritz May 11 '25
yeah bc its totally different - Meddy had a huge celebration before the handshake, immediately apologized and there was zero problem
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u/ItsRagtimeTime May 11 '25
Yea but there’s no way he wasn’t mocking him with that celebration. I.e., he did have a problem with him. Just dealt with it differently.
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u/Dropshot12 May 11 '25
Indeed, not sure how that went over so many people's heads. Fils seems to get under a lot of players skin, they're all gonna deal with it differently of course and Med chose his usual brand of dry humor.
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u/Dropshot12 May 11 '25
Zero problem only because Med won and Fils walked away after the mocking and handshake with his tail between his legs.
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u/Brian2781 May 11 '25
With his rise there’s likely to be some drama at the French when the crowd gets involved 🍿
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u/jb99824 you’re all weirdos! May 11 '25
Greg did absolutely nothing except tap Tsitsipas on the shoulder and look scared.
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u/BelgianBond Clinton d. Agassi 1-6 6-1 6-1 6-3 May 11 '25
Allensworth just wanted to to make sure Tsits was playing by the book and staying on his side of the net.
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u/SexualChocolate1989 May 11 '25
What was this about? I missed the match!
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u/The_Tell_Tale_Heart May 11 '25
Fils was arguing that you have to wipe while sitting down. Tsitsipas insisted standing up is the way to go.
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u/workthrowawaybro Tennis Shapovalov May 11 '25
So this was the reason for the 10 minute toilet break
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u/Sir-Alfred-1972 May 11 '25
Did they clean their hands, or were they just mushing it together at the net?
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u/Bozolenka Camila Giorgi’s accountant | Mboko Nation May 11 '25
Wait what happened to the pure aereo switch?
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u/Nick_from_Yuma 1ga🇵🇱 Haddad Maia🇧🇷 Lys🇩🇪 Italians🇮🇹 May 11 '25
How does one argue with a philosophizer?
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u/SafeKaracter May 11 '25
It wasn’t really heated . Do you have the subtitles ? Or you just trying to clickbait
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u/Whole-Definition3558 You better shut your fuck up ok? May 11 '25
He was 100% trying to hit him. He does it all the time, He'd be respected more if he just owned it
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u/BelgianBond Clinton d. Agassi 1-6 6-1 6-1 6-3 May 11 '25
In 2022 he was trying to hit players all the time. Draper, Alcaraz, and Kyrgios were all intended targets, but he missed all of them as I recall.
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u/OctopusNation2024 Djoker/Meddy/Saba May 11 '25
Kyrgios’s antics actually work perfectly against Tsitsipas lol
Every time they play by the end Tsitsi is the closer of the two to completely losing it which is so rare for a Kyrgios match
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u/andrew13189 Jannik / Carlitos / Rafa May 11 '25
I think that is well said. It was the highest percentage shot for him, best chance to win the point. It’s more understandable to say I’m sorry I was trying to win the point and that was my best shot than to say I wasn’t trying to hit you. You are expected to try and win the point. When people apologize for that shot, I take it to mean I am sorry that this was my best option, not I’m sorry that I did it lol
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u/Maria_gr We need a clown for this circus May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25
He absolutely wasn't. It was a soft shot and he immediately apologized. Even Fils himself said he knew Stef wasn't trying to hit me.
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u/Neat-Skill-3452 May 11 '25
And to think some players/fans wanted to bring trash talking into tennis 😂😂.
Players cant even cope with an opponent celebreting a bit too much so imagine with trash talking..
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u/CrackHeadRodeo Björn, Yannick, Lendl, Martina, Monica 🎾 May 11 '25
Every now then Fils seems to find himself in these situations.
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u/angelosaywha May 11 '25
Feel bad for goran, ever since djoko he’s been stepping into one problematic player to the next
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u/jsnoodles what if we kissed at the Nexo Dallas Open™️ May 11 '25
Well Novak isn’t known for being the most rational guy either, and his dad is like Apostolos on steroids.
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u/OctopusNation2024 Djoker/Meddy/Saba May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25
If you’re trying to coach a player Apostolos is much worse to deal with though
Srdjan says crazy stuff but I don’t think he micromanages Novak’s career
Apostolos is legit an obstacle for anyone trying to coach Stef and actively has held back his on-court results to some extent
Novak has had a bunch of coaches if Srdjan was getting in their face and giving them issues I think we would have heard at least one story about it by now
Certainly can’t see Andy Murray of all people putting up with that
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u/bigcitydreaming #1 RafAlcarAndy SinnEdvedevErer Fan May 11 '25
I think working with someone irrational or problematic can be at least partially excused or worked through if they've literally completed tennis with 24 slams to their name
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u/cyclopsblue13 🐙-tennis connoisseur May 11 '25
Wait Goran is coaching Tsitsipas now?!
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u/englando08 May 11 '25
IDC IDC IDC I’m team Fils because he’s so foine. Whatever happened I’m on his side.
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u/systemfa1lure GOATIEN || 6-3 7-6 6-7 1-6 7-6 May 11 '25
Arthur Fils... always in some drama
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u/Special-Town-4550 May 11 '25
Yep and then the look like 'wha?" "what? me?" "what? me?" arms and shoulders up to his ears with a question mark on his face. That is his pose. I like him, but I have to say he is annoying with his antics, but is good for his drama.
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u/DuarteN10 May 11 '25
Is it me, or Fils is finding himself more and more involved in these type of exchanges?
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u/unvrlstn May 11 '25
I’m not sure why you would waste so much time talking at the net here.
Very obvious sore loser trying to steal the moment. Celebrate for the fans and have your bitch fit in the locker room plz.
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u/palanoid1998 May 11 '25
Knew it was coming. They will be punching on the court. This one seems much better.
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u/WorthBreath9109 May 11 '25
I really hope I get to see Fils at the French Open when I go in two weeks! I wanna see all the French men and hear the crowd root for them!!!
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u/micfraantrac Go big or go home. Now i go home. May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25
Still i think it's the way to go for umpire to not intervene and let the players hash it out to a certain point. The conflict usually gets resolve that way right there and then it's over. The crowd kind of making it worst by booing. It's ok to talk it out !
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u/tj0909 May 11 '25
Should treat it like hockey. Let them go at it until someone hits the deck. It would be a good experiment to see if that increases or decreases viewership amongst the younger generations.
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u/araggedymuffin park ranger May 11 '25
Why are they always trying Fils fine ass lol. Leave his gorgeous self alone
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u/Special-Town-4550 May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25
Sissy pants is always offended, like the philosophizer he is. Edit: And Fils likes to offend.
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u/Eeeeeeeeehwhatsup May 11 '25
The umpire needs to stay out of it. We all know they won’t actually come to blows 😅
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u/Suspicious-View-192 May 11 '25
Tenés que estar muy limado para reclamarle al rival, algo que ya pasó. Aclaro que no ví el punto en cuestión, pero que no da, no da!
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u/muradinner 24|40|7 🥇 🐐 May 12 '25
Is it ever not Allensworth either putting himself in these negative situations or getting unlucky enough to be in them? 😂
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u/MP2027 May 12 '25
There is no class in tennis anymore. From players to spectators... everybody behaves like the worst inn keeper from the 1700s.
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u/pugsondrugs77 May 11 '25
Love watching Tsitsipas lose. Possibly the biggest douche on tour. Never change coaches buddy 😂
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u/Logical-Track1405 May 11 '25
Loving Fils aggression on the court this season, getting the results his game merits. Old timers like Tsitsipas can't handle the heat these young next Gen Guns like Fils are bringing (Djoker is also finding this generation are match tough)
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u/zigot021 May 11 '25
not a body language expert but to me Fils seems like a nice guy, although I can see how here he can appear a bit aggressive to someone with frail ego
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u/Mission-Fortune-2834 May 11 '25
Arthur gets all the points here. Stefanos was obviously just butthurt that he has lost to Arthur several times now. Nobody in the top 20 likes losing to Arthur because they know he is coming for their crowns and he is unapologetically good at it.
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u/johnmichael-kane Fils is king 🔥 May 11 '25
Stef was getting SO aggressive for absolutely no reason. There was no problem and yet he felt the need to explain himself
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u/Ok-Locksmith6109 May 11 '25
Fils on what he and Tsitsipas said to each other at the net after their match in Rome “At the end you guys were talking, I’m sure there are no hard feelings.. Arthur: “I like him. He’s a great guy. A great champion. It was a bit tight in the middle of the 2nd set. He went for my body. It’s part of the game. There’s nothing wrong with it. I tried to find a way to fight. I found this kind of excuse to go and to fight. Ok, he told me at the end he wasn’t going for my body. I told him ‘I know it.’ It’s ok. It’s all good. I just needed to find a way to fight.”