Tennis Grass Court Drama 2022 | Part 01 | Take Off Your Sunglasses!

A compilation of drama and controversies that occurred during the 2022 grass court swing. Featuring Nick Kyrgios, Frances Tiafoe, Alexander Bublik, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Pedro Martínez, Holger Rune, and more. Enjoy 🎾
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[@R.W.S.]

Gotta go with the umpire on the Bublik one. Bublik threw the racquet to the ground with anger, that's where the violation came from. He may not have damaged the grass, but you can't throw your racquet like that. He was completely wasting his time arguing and making it look like he threw it softer than he did.

[@guillerpuebla]

He was just gaslighting him

[@R.W.S.]

@Guillermo Puebla He was trying hard to Jedi mind trick him 😂

[@15Stratos]

he didn't hit it hard enough or smash it to get a warning,the umpire only gave him a warning because of the grass

[@R.W.S.]

@@15Stratos The rule is “players shall not violently, dangerously or with anger hit, kick or throw a racquet or other equipment within the precincts of the tournament site". He threw it with anger to the ground, that's why he got the violation. Obviously the umpire is worried about the grass getting damaged as well, because if the player throws it hard enough, it will damage the grass. He didn't throw it as hard as he could have, sure, but it was enough to warrant a warning from the umpire.

[@GXNicko]

Well, he did throw his racket down with a tad of force (not slamming it or anything like that), so I guess his representation was wrong, but Bublik's argument was basically fueled by the Umpire's comical reactions, which indeed where ridiculous. His logic with the slice made a lot of sense to me.

[@marwaa2895]

Miss paire 🥺 he used to be the heart and soul of drama

[@guillerpuebla]

He keeps being knocked out at 1R of every tournament so... Don't expect too much drama

[@Noa-cc9ur]

Still plenty of time to break racquets though

[@unforcedterror3136]

Kyrgios is just trying too hard to be offended all the time. It's like he wants to complain for the sake of complaining, and then picks anything he likes to rant about for minutes.

[@holymackenaw]

Great. Now everyone tries to start an argument over every little thing with the umpires. Because its surely their fault a ballgirl dropes the ball. Painful.

[@ZeZapatiste]

Bublik is just plain ridiculous on this one. You did hit the ground with your racket, just acknowledge that and move on. I bet he felt like a real man standing for his values but he was just a baby throwing a tantrum.

[@offsidev6059]

Seriously unbelievable that a grown man can act like that about a simple warning, which he 100% deserved

[@MarcoSpeaksNadsat]

Not only are the umpires, lines people and spectators conspiring against Manchild.....but Hawkeye too.

[@Noa-cc9ur]

More like clownchild

[@TeamVictoire]

God forbit is Nicks fault. Its always the umprire, the crowd, hawkeye is broken when he plays, he picks up a fight with the opponents box, even his own box. Never his fault.

[@weSnooker]

Martinez doing his best to be a regular advocate 😂

[@chiefmate5182]

Kyrgios again with the hypocrisy. Wants respect but doesn't give it. Wants the crowd to shut up when he's losing but AO 2022 incited crowds to act like fools. Abuses the umpires then asks how spectators can abuse him. Bloke is a flog

[@achnix3167]

Facts

[@bigrobsydney]

I think at this tournament one of the things (not all) that upset him was some racist comments. I think that's fair enough; the officials should clamp down on that and eject any spectators that engage in racist activities. There's no place for that. And part of this discussion more broadly is the amount of control the umpire has over the crowd, which is, in reality, not a lot. When things get tight, it's normal for small things to irritate.

[@achnix3167]

@@bigrobsydney there were no racist comments he was told to shut up

[@bigrobsydney]

@@achnix3167I wasn't there so I don't know, but that's what Nick was complaining about. I've read the same comments elsewhere (that there was racism directed towards him, but, again, I wasn't there).

[@tobheh]

@@bigrobsydney seeing as he makes up about 90% of the shit he complains about I'm going to assume there were no racist comment towards him, but who knows.

[@tjg801]

5:30 he did slam his racquet down. He did not drop it like he claims he did. Hope he felt like a idiot after watching the replay.

[@LoosSerine]

He knew what he did, he's just a coward who won't own up to you. Not surprised about his character given his background.

[@stevenstone307]

He won't lol, that's entitlement

[@user-dc4sm3lg1z]

Rune, Bublik, and Kyrgios are making just another tennis drama video. 😅 Bublik is very emotional on the court these days, who knows, maybe he started to care about tennis as a game, not just a money machine. 😅

[@ilyasamraoui90]

42 atp, money machine ?

[@ehrenamtlicherehrenmann4152]

Tbf Bublik is not only there because of his antics like Rune and Kyrgios. He is just annoyed by a situation but isnt as disrespectful.

[@user-dc4sm3lg1z]

@@ilyasamraoui90 He made almost 1 million dollars this year, so? (Of course, taxes and expenses are cutting some percentage of that, but still quite a lot of money)

[@moonlightfitz]

Second title this year is coming👏

[@sicrwic2264]

Bublik is not in the same category as rune and kyrgios. Bublik is more comedy, kyrgios is comedy and just being a baby and complaining, rune is just a baby

[@grujocebic6826]

How old is this Bublik guy? seriously disgusting behaviour most 10 year olds behave better

[@pastorofmuppets8834]

18:53 I thought Nick was saying that Stefanos couldn't put up with a bit of banter. Yet he can't cope with a sneeze.

[@andyd9770]

Ahh fresh grass court drama…of course with significant Kyrgios airtime. I’ll be looking out for the rest of the grass court season videos with earnest - thanks for uploading

[@greyworm1791]

The best part is how players always claim that the umpire‘s looking stupid on tv when most of the time it‘s the player himself. 95% of tennis players these days are full of sh*t. And I wonder if these players actually apologize to the umpires after the match when they watch the footage together and the players realize they were in the wrong…

[@Noa-cc9ur]

And worst thing is, that the other percent, people call them boring 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Striiker]

*95% of human beings

[@greyworm1791]

@@Striiker correct!

[@thornbird6768]

Over Nick Kyrgios dead body he'd apologise 😂

[@Yippityip]

@2:28 looked like his heart jumped for a second thinking he was getting the code violation lol

[@quiquiqui]

Kyrgios is such a drama queen.... never his fault, always blaming someone else... spectators included....

[@johnbishop7572]

Sometimes I wish I was an umpire to shut some of this stuff down. Like the umpire can tell Bublik "you threw the racket down, that's it. If you drop it on accident that's fine. There's more damage when you throw it because there's more force" and anything else Bublik says doesn't matter. Shut that shit down

[@dayostical]

You won't be umpiring long then. Sad as it is, they are instructed to pamper the players unless it's blatant disrespect.

[@danielkarmy4893]

@@dayostical Then maybe someone should try to become one of the people who instructs the umpires, and work to change that ridiculous policy..

[@batemanlife]

I always had in my head that tennis players are more respectful than some other sports but they are just allowed to whine on. In football and rugby you would be told to get on with the game. This man baby dropping his racquet and of course he loses as his mind isn't in the game anymore. Tennis has to realise it's competing against so many other things. I love sport and used to watch a lot of tennis but these players are just frustrating to watch and totally unlikeable.

[@savvytactics3428]

Yep. So often the umpire makes a correct decision but then play right into the player's hands by making the wrong justification for the decision.

[@WonderWhatHappened]

Bublik is one of my favorite players But he went on and on about nothing.

[@grunchlk]

I am an old man. When I see grass courts pristine green around the net, I remember and I miss serve-and-volley.

[@BuzzLightyeear]

Why is Davidovich Fokina always on the ground? He spends like half the game lying there it feels like

[@nendzzz]

Bublik had no right to complain that warning. Kyrgios self-destructs like he always does.

[@lormon9995]

Tbh Bublik was onto something. I get it the rules say that you can't throw your racket to the floor for risk of damaging the grass, but if the court doesn't get damaged why should that cost you a warning? That rule is questionable imo

[@nendzzz]

@@lormon9995 as much as I enjoy watching Bublik, what he did was no accident. Had the grass been damaged, play could have been suspended which would have been awful for the organizers. It's just a prevention measure in my opinion.

[@Sebastian-wz1wh]

@@nendzzz how do you damage a grass court.....

[@AoFPS.]

Is it really a grass court drama video without Kyrgios?

[@user-dc4sm3lg1z]

No, especially because that match against Tsitsipas was a drama for a separate video.😅

[@rasplasdsg]

Kyrgios makes more circus than drama

[@thornbird6768]

No , of course it's not , this is Nick's domain , apart from his actual tennis , kicking off is his second best talent 😂😂

[@andryush588]

Warning to davidovich fokina is ridiculous. How many times players just let the opponent serve ace and there's no warning? Even Kyrgios wasn't getting any warnings in that famous match in Shanghai for quite awhile.

[@muditsood2814]

Just in time to take away 20 mins from sleep time!

[@EndoftheTownProductions]

Many players these days just seem to like arguing for the sake of arguing (and they rarely ever change the umpire's mind about anything).

[@cyprianharlond5672]

Bublik in the wrong here. Threw the racket with some force. Would have deserved another point penalty for doing it repeatedly.

[@badmintonlover4641]

Well im 50-50 on that case...he should get racket abuse not unsportsmanlike conduct

[@xyzzzzz01]

Should have been disqualified lmao. He ridiculed the referee so much by dropping the racket 100 times

[@stephpfeffer7325]

Are you gonna tell me that Kyrgios is even complaining AFTER the Hawkeye review??? How stupid can a professional be?

[@stringdex]

its in his soul, he not argue facts hi argue feelings, sometimes he is right but most of times he is deadly wrong

[@disguy6886]

Hawkeye predicts where the ball is going to go, it doesn’t actually know where it landed. Hawkeye is not always correct, it’s mostly correct.

[@stringdex]

@@disguy6886 still better than human eye, especialy a bias human eye

[@mellow5123]

They need to start just kicking out the repeat offenders. They're just spoiled egomaniacs and don't deserve to play.

[@NoHurriesNoWorries]

2:37 this was great.. the crew was like "oooohhhhh" 😮😬 right after Tiafoe launches the ball into outer space 🫡🚀 lol 😂 and Bublik's face at 2:29 .. he's always been my dude and now Tiafoe is scoring cool points. Great stuff!

[@leecherlarry]

thx for the entertainment! 🤩

[@gusgusfl]

Great content!

[@camembertdalembert6323]

Bublik is such an hypocrite. He clearly hit the grass strongly.

[@kyledeacon5620]

"strongly"? that's not even strong for an 8 year old

[@bigrobsydney]

Not being funny, but what do you think had more force? The force of a 330 gram racket, or the force of an 80 kg human running, stopping, turning, running, sliding, leaping for smashes, etc?

[@camembertdalembert6323]

@@bigrobsydney you missed the point : preserving the grass to allow players to run on it.

[@bigrobsydney]

@@camembertdalembert6323 my point was that people running on the grass cause far more damage that a racket.

[@camembertdalembert6323]

​@@bigrobsydney "my point was that people running on the grass cause far more damage that a racket." Running on the grass is necessary for the sport. Tennis players can't fly (yet). The problem is not about comparing what makes the most damages to the grass. It's all about avoiding unnecessary damages.

[@lutovac_nikola]

Bublik is ridiculous and can't stand behind his mistake.. he was obviously provoking the judge and deserved to be disqualified

[@DoDoTeVe]

Bublik is childish, the first time he threw the racket on the grass, that was intentionally and with power and after the code violation he started to threw racket like ,,by mistake and gently”. His argument ,,where is the damage” is ridiculous too because players very often receive a code violation for hitting a ball to crowd even if there is no damage too but there is a possibility that it can hit someone and hurt them.

[@meandermyself61]

Apparently Hawkeye's error is something like 3.6 mm minimum. With a very fractional line graze like the Kyrgios one, its just about possible it was actually out. Makes you wonder, there were a few absurdly close ones i saw at Wimbledon where the intersection of ball and line was like the tangent to a circle. Some big points too!

[@MrMartin48705]

Hawkeye can make mistakes, yes, and I believe something like you said is the max, so approx 3.5mm, and there were incredibly close shots in tennis since hawkeye was introduced. I think we should all support the new clay system with pics being taken when the ball makes contact, so something gets improved finally.

[@meandermyself61]

@@MrMartin48705 Clay for sure needs something more because the marks stay and so there's the inevitable 'that's not my mark umpire!' argument.

[@sorongvanl]

What is the 'error' of a line judge?

[@kineticdeath]

bublik asking if its unprofessional, while he carries on like a toddler who got told "no" after throwing food on the wall. Dudes lucky he didnt get anymore penalties i reckon, as he was definately acting unsporting. They say "dont bounce or hit the racquet it can damage the grass". Pretty clear cut. umpire at 17:20 "why me?"

[@lormon9995]

Tho tbh when Bublik said there's a difference between "it COULD DAMAGE the court" and "it DAMAGED the court" i think he's got a good point. Players should only get a warning if they indeed damage the grass, otherwise it's quite a baseless penalty

[@Mr72LOST]

Bublik behaving like a little child. Show this manbaby the footage and tell him to shut up.

[@achnix3167]

Nobody: Kyrgios: What are you doing BRO?! What are you saying BRO?

[@Tennisgg111]

Cannot wait until you post the Wimbledon drama

[@tatomatics1718]

I'm surprised anyone takes Kyrgios seriously. smh

[@thornbird6768]

He is a brilliant player, no one can deny this . His personality on court is a different story ! You have to take someone seriously when they have beaten the top 3 . Nick will leave tennis his way , no one else's .

[@achnix3167]

Kyrgios is SUCH A HISTRIONIC QUEEN... And when somebody tells him to shut up and play of course its Rãæcišm

[@dumpygirl6736]

Kyrgios is an emotional player so he looks for some kind of "slight" from the referee to try to fire himself up, but he ends up trying to beat 2 opponents at once. Anytime he says "its embarassing," he's usually right, but not for the reasons he's thinking.

[@sadas3190]

Bublik you gotta pick your battles man, you might have a point but why antagonise the umpire over one code violation?

[@deandrep4273]

take off your sunglasses man it’s dark already 😂😂😂

[@dayvaughnmonroe9540]

Bublik threw that racket. I would have just ignored him. How you compare a slice to you throwing the racket on the grass. Everyone knows DO NOT DAMAGE THE GRASS!

[@ricardovargas7432]

Poor Kyrgios. He always gets the worse umpires, the worse line judges, the worse audience, the worse ball boys, the worse supervisors, the worse journalists.... He is so unlucky.

[@rattata30]

The umpire should told him, “I don’t make the rules, I enforce them!”

[@Zedns1]

The child kept dropping his racket.

[@gavinm.9154]

I've missed you. Where you've been!? Prob because there hasn't been any tennis drama anyway!

[@tad1980]

stops what i was doing immediately to watch

[@davo614]

Bublik is talking out of his arse. He deliberately threw that racket to the ground with force, he didn’t just drop it at all. It’s clear as day.

[@bigrobsydney]

"It slipped out of my hand"

[@Cesarini77]

I don't understand Kyrgios. He complains when somebody drops a pin, but states that he would rather play basketabll were the noise is deafening.

[@markieffmorris9263]

Kyrgios straight making up lets is hilarious 😂

[@Hyside14]

i can clearly hear the let at 16:18

[@rgncajun21]

Rune will be on these videos for future to come consistently

[@karimmelikian934]

I'm just amazed that the first ump is still an ump. he was umpiring a match between Khachanov and Evans a few years ago, and he made the clearest mistakes ever. games like that should cost you your job if you have THAT bad a day at the office.

[@snipaboy86]

The one where (amongst other things) Khachanov hit a forehand about a foot inside the baseline on set point or something and he overruled for no reason...I remember it too, that was quite something to say the least

[@sylvia8071]

There are examples of players being immature persons lacking in respect for themselves and displaying disrespect towards others!!!

[@RAY.POLARIS]

That's crazy I feel like matchs can be easily corrupt. It's all rigged. If you complain you get warning, fines . That's crazy you dropping your racket violently you get code violation. They have to understand that's sportsmanlike , players have emotions sometimes it feels good to evacuate your frustrations/ anger that's human .

[@nachofblanco5556]

bublik absolutely smashed the racked onto the ground

[@tjg801]

They need to start filming the after match code violations dispute meetings between the players and umpires so we can see those asshole players/umpires being shown when they are wrong and right.

[@pollyhippie]

tennis players will keep being little brats like bublik or kyrgios until itf wake up and start giving them real punishments, like how can they be freely disrespectful and nothing happens

[@Ssundqvistt]

I cant think of any sport that has so little respect for the referee or the umpire. Tennis is just at bunch of divas

[@__last]

That ball kid dropping the ball like 2 or 3 times was so annoying because the umpire had to say wait and get the words from the players.

[@russeluc]

how many fines does kyrgios have? what does it amount to?

[@Djmorton-go5mt]

Ive been unchanging for years on who i think is the most annoying to watch and boy, let me tell you, Rune is easily worse than anyone Ive ever watched. A literal manchild playing on the tour.

[@achnix3167]

No

[@thebigsquirrel50]

@@achnix3167 yes

[@Djmorton-go5mt]

@@achnix3167 Keep coping with the fact that Ruud is the better and more respectful Danish player.

[@sbrosier2383]

Did Paire behave himself this grass season???

[@andreadrudi9076]

They are to be put in a madhouse 🤣

[@marcipolo__]

Bublik be like "it slipped out of my hand" xddd

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

He dropped the racket 😁🤩

[@rasplasdsg]

I'm still wondering how that aussie clown has to many fans, and the ATP consider him as 1 of the most relevants tennis players. Every tennis fan knows that respect is the most important thing in our sport, and he's the best example of how not to behave inside and outside the court. I'm Nadal fan, but wanted Nole to win WB because if this guy had won a GS would be an absolutely disgrace for tennis. Guys like David Ferrer didn't win any GS but his work hard deserved it. I enjoy your videos and channel, but I always skip the parts where Nick appears.

[@achnix3167]

Yeah i also wonder why humanity fails sometimes.

[@bigrobsydney]

Depends what you're a fan of. As a tennis fan, Nick has a huge serve, and huge forehand. Getting to the final of the worlds biggest grasscourt tournament says a lot about his game, and if just a few points had gone differently, he might have won the whole thing. From a tennis point of view, you have to respect the pure tennis there. If you want to consider other elements, that's fine. But that's your interpretation. I'd play devils advocate with you on this point, and just ask you a simple question; if Nick is so bad, how did he qualify for WB? How did he get so many points before WB? How did he beat all his opponents if he's so bad? And the flip side of that coin is, if the other players are so good, why didn't all the other players beat Nick? It took someone with 20 GS's at the time to defeat him, and no one else could do it; if he's so bad, then why?

[@achnix3167]

@@bigrobsydney he made it to the final by his opponent being ill lol... In a weak year

[@bigrobsydney]

@@achnix3167 Really? All 6 prior opponents? And all the prior matches to get sufficient points to get into the main draw of WB? Come on, stop offering such a weak one-sided argument.

[@rasplasdsg]

@@bigrobsydney 1. I have never said that Nick is bad. In fact he's one of the best talented of this century, but the most brainless too. 2. With that serve he will remain in top60 easily, and he didn't win a lot of points before WB, dunno what are you talkin about. 3. This Wimbledon was the cheapest GS of the Open Era history. No Russian/Belarus players, no points awarded so a lot of players withdrawn, and many of them didn't give their 100%. Plus Bautista, one of the best grass players, injured. Also, he had an easy draw, got lucky in SF with Nadal's injury, and I gotta remind you that he lost 2 sets vs Jubb and Nakashima, very average players. 4. All his behaviour when the ball is out of game ruins all his talent and circus. If I want a show I watch NBA, but tennis is a sport of gentlemens and it's obvious that Nick is the opposite. 5. The worst part is that true meaning of tennis, the values that make me love this sport, could die because ATP and Media makes him a star. Respect is decreseang in players, crowd and all terms. Yesterday Kyrgios asked a spectator where he had to serve, on 40-0 3 match points vs Paul. An absolutely lack of respect that many of you support that kind of acts and even consider them as genuine.

[@karlobubnjar3651]

I want to have Bublik's brain for one day..

[@user-dc4sm3lg1z]

Yeah, me too. It must be fun.

[@BluntedRazor98]

Jeez Fokina is a Karen sometimes. Barely even looked at Martinez at the net exchange.

[@achnix3167]

How DAAAARE peoples have allergies and the need to sneeze..... AM I RIGHT?

[@zzclimber]

Kyrgios is a talented player. However, he is not like a championship player. He is good at amusing, but seems dear not to focus, as he knows he may lose with no excuse.

[@thornbird6768]

Could have made this whole vid about Nick to be honest 😂he's the king of blowing a gasket 😂 bloody funny though , I love him 💋

[@jameshenry1805]

I sort of want to agree with kyrgios because those Hawkeye calls are sort of debatable

[@_Simkim]

This thing of umpires addressing the players by their first name over and over is annoying. They're obviously instructed to do so, but it sounds unnatural and cringey.

[@yeahright6750]

I think Bublik convinced himself the he dropped it

[@SuperVic1979]

What a crybaby Pedro Martínez is. He practically got a walk because of Davidovich Fokina’s injury yet the guy can’t stop complaining, just to get whacked in the next match by Cerundolo.

[@jaspermeinema4830]

He is the Will Kassouf of tennis

[@linfengwei8198]

damaging the court..... lol

[@youngsuit]

Nick definitely deserved the first two codes, the last one is BS imo if someone is heckling him

[@gaizkalm1359]

Man i dont get how can people like Kyrgios, is allways complaining and crying

[@Tennislover511]

This gabas guy is the worst umpire out there

[@zzclimber]

Bublik, if you are going to lose, lose like a man. put the focus on your game, don't change it on the umpire.

[@abdurofs]

How old is Bublik? I can't believe he acts like that

[@specialjeffreyke]

Bublik threw the racket, what a crybaby.

[@cyprianharlond5672]

What kind of problem does Martinze have in the head? I think that the ATP should stop this abusing of referees. No soccer ref would accept this kind of behavior.

[@Noa-cc9ur]

It's not a court drama video if Benoit isn't breaking any racquets on it, just saying... 😂😂😂

[@ercanyesiltas]

man i love bublik

[@gdrtv4164]

"I dropped the racket." "There was no intention for doing this." Wow, you can literally just lie like that, huh? The way Bublik defines "DROP" is just incredible. It reminds me a lot of Kyrgios' "It slipped out of my hand." Many players nowadays are jokes. For example, Kyrgios, Bublik, Fognini, Paire and many more. Arguing and complaining for nothing when things doesn't go their way and acting like a cry baby. Even saying stupid lies just to prove their stupid point. People like this should really be banned or fined for wasting the chair umpire, their opponent and fans' time.

[@chrisjin8794]

Bublik acting like a baby girl😂

[@ricepaddies1]

Does Tiafoe realize kids watch tennis. Nice swearing dude.

[@achnix3167]

Do you live under a rock?

[@simonballard6413]

High time that the rude and argumentative Kyrgios retired. So boring to hear his whining and swearing.

[@offsidev6059]

Why are the umpires even bothering to argue with these spoiled brats? None of the players in this video was right, they're all just throwing temper tantrums. Ridiculous. But hilarious at the same time 🤣

[@rustyshackle917]

Definitely entertaining watching these rich spoiled brats throw tantrums.

[@supermuskelmann8557]

So what race is Kyrgios exactly? I mean he’s complaining about racism. Would be interesting

[@achnix3167]

Doesnt matter because hes read as black especially with how much hes putting it on, trying to be some kind of hood kid... Not that hes correct

[@achnix3167]

I bet Kyrgios also hears let calls in his dreams

[@Hyside14]

am I crazy but i swear i hear and kinda see the let in the clip at 16:18

[@paweskibniewski9286]

Bublik is more irritating here than Kyrgios, big effort

[@Singhpinoy]

Kyrgios should be a woman in his life because of his all time complaining. Very annoying behaviour