^^ Only problem is meanwhile it's distasteful and ugly for the opponents and the audience, who have to suffer through such anti social behaviour. I don't even see this type of smirking and taunting occur in any other sports like tennis, golf, soccer, etc
Then you're rarely watching football, are you? I agree that many other sports address such behavior much earlier and also stricter. Although some Tennis players aren't all that different, actually (Berdych, for example).
i personally think denmark players have the worst attitude on court. just watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL2rPk2aZwc jump to 37:05 , 15 all at third game.
Don't think you should generalize like that. Vittinghus for example is a real gentleman on court. Axelsen is just a bit young and hotheaded, I think he'll grow up in time. Also, it wasn't exactly disrespectful.
^^ Agree. That's not disrespectful nor an attitude problem, just expressing his frustration. Now, if Bo/Mo's opponent had a missed a shot like that, you'd see Bo/Mo smirk and make a whoo noise at their opponents to rub it in.
While he shouldn't have lashed out at the net, he was just venting his frustration - and not in the direction of his opponent, so I don't really have a problem with it. Didn't watch the game, maybe he made a lot of unnecessary errors and was already frustrated...? Anyhow, he didn't shout at his opponent or play any mind games, so in my book it's still okay. The umpire has a stick up his a** to warn him for that shout, though (the rally after the failed net kill). Agree with both posts
lordrogue, visor, j4ckie, thats why i said that is my personal opinion. to me, if you cant control your emotion on court and starting to smashing or hitting things on court to express your frustration then you have bad attitude which is cant control yourself. again, that just my personal opinion, i appreciate you have your own. or maybe to you it is okay if we do something like that when we getting frustrated?
since you brought up this type of behaviour, what about this little incident with TH in 2001 when he beat up a spectator? ... yes, that's Taufik Hidayat... http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php/2352-Taufik-Hidayat-beat-a-spectator http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2001/11/02/badminton-star-taufik-pulls-a-cantona.html
