AEGON Championships (Men's Singles) 2012 - David Nalbandian disqualified
David Nalbandian is disqualified from the AEGON Championships at Queens after accidentally injuring a linesman during an angry outburst. He was playing against Marin Cilic in the final.
For those of you who want to know. The ATP code states: "Players shall not at any time physically abuse any official, opponent, spectator or other person within the precincts of the tournament site. For purposes of this rule, physical abuse is the unauthorized touching of an official, opponent, and spectator or other person." So there you go. Keep calm and carry on is what one must do when one goes a break down in the second set.
Interview straight after: "I am sorry," says the Argentine, to some booing and some cheering. "I am sorry to do that. Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. Something it is a mistake. It is a tough moment to end a final like that. Sometimes we feel the pressure from the ATP. It is a mistake and I have to pay for that. Everybody makes mistakes."
Former Grand Slam doubles champion Peter Fleming on BBC Sport: "We players sometime like to think of it as us versus the world, as if we are victims. But sometimes you have to take responsibility and it was unfortunate Nalbandian didn't go for that when he had the opportunity."
BBC Radio 5 live summariser David Felgate: "Nalbandian has got it all wrong. It wasn't a sincere enough apology. To go off on some political rant had no bearing on what he did. I wonder if there could be a bigger fine for bringing the game into disrepute for that speech. He didn't even apology to the touch judge or Marin Cilic. It was a poor show from David Nalbandian."
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Who s here after Nole's Us Open disqualification?!
@anasstihouna7915
4 жыл бұрын
Me. but nole ´s one wasn’t intentional. He gived it a little too strong but he didn’t mean to hit the linesman. I fell sorry for him
@agustinadfsdf
4 жыл бұрын
me.. yet this looks worse... not intention to hurt the guy not even seeing him.. but worst..
@bartholomewlyons
4 жыл бұрын
He wanted to hit the board, not the old fart 😄😄😄 this looks hilarious
@keaneoRX7
4 жыл бұрын
Same ! It seems unfair i agree, because he did not intend to harm the line umpire, but sadly this is the Rule...
@pomerlain8924
2 жыл бұрын
@@anasstihouna7915 Intention doesn't matter. The rule is the rule. A player hits a ball in a reckless manner, and it hits a lineperson or umpire or ball kid, it's a default.
I love how the umpire calls "default" and people applaud, then the boos start after he says "Cilic wins...". Do 90% of the crowd not understand what "default" means?
Basically he just lost it on a point to go down 3-4 in the second set. Thought he was kicking a solid wall with padding. Bounced into the umpire sitting just behind it. He won the first so he was still in good standing. Short story is that he has problems with anger.
I am just glad that he's made a come back from all the surgeries/injuries/not really playing his level. Nalbandian for the win!
I like how at 1:45 the crowd is cheering for the umpire and then change to booing when they realize he is saying that nalbandian is disqualified lol. The guy in the crowd with sunglasses is funny he's like "WHAT"!
Nalbandian got disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct. He obviously didn't mean to hurt the umpire, but his actions caused the umpire to be hurt. Kicking the barriers would be enough for a code violation anyway, but when someone is hurt as a result, disqualification is the only possible outcome.
I used to be a lines judge like you... then I took a board to the shin.
@SPACEDOUT19
3 жыл бұрын
this is such an ancient joke now wow
No added footage, no linesman's thoughts, no idea what 'added fines' is supposed to mean. In other words, save your time.
Dont know whether to press like or dislike button here. Dont like the incident, but i like the effort uploader put into it. Nalbandian you fool! Now look what you hv done..!
reusim sa ne facem de ras pe toate site-uri bravo robert tine-o tot asa.
No, because Nalbandian probably didn't think the board would give in. It obviously will when you think about it, but thats the thing, David just acted out of frustration.
This is gonna go viral!
He apologized to all he had to apologize for. After that, only after he showed his frustation with the ATP. An company that has double standards. For example: If in your job you always get your paycheck late, and the one day you arrive 20min late and they deduct 10% of your salary. Yes you will say sorry for being late, but also will complain about the double standars, Right ? Thus Nalbandian has a point. And I agree with him. ATP is a disgrace.
I don't think it was premediated but Nalbandian clearly has anger management issues. He was fined for an outburst at the Australian Open. That one involved water. Not blood.
I started waching Nalbandian because I recently started playing a double-handed back hand, and he had one of the best, to be fair. After seeing this video, I will never watch another second of this guy. What a shame..!
He forgets about how Federer was talking dirty in the US open final vs J.M. Del Potro. the video is available in youtube. Federer is human, and all tennis players too, they can show bad behaviour sometimes, the problem is people who judge them,thats a shame to those people.
No, if someone is bleeding out from his leg he needs to go to medical. Shots later on showed a different angle, and there was a large cut all the way across his leg. Rules are rules, it doesn't matter if he was angry at the time. If he threw his racket and it hit a 10 year old boy would your views be any different?
Rafa has never even raised his voice to the umpires, nor sworn at them. all his disagreements with umpires have been civil.. and yet he is the one you think of?
To all the people supporting Nalbandian, ask yourself this question. If u were sitting and your shin being kicked and bloodied, will you just shrug and forgive what he did to u? I think most of u be trying to clobber him or wont hesitate to file charges for physical assault. Think about it before you condone this
It wasn't malicious! Brilliant!!!
@kevinprior3549
4 жыл бұрын
Shows u Castle knows nothing. He is so far up his arse its unbelievable
he does not have a point at all. If you arrive late and complain about double standards that's one thing. You don't attack your boss for complaining that you are late. People in general need to have some discipline and self control. We can't go around doing things like this and then saying oh it was an accident or I didn't mean it. He clearly looses control and kicks the advertising board. Professional sports players are in the public eye and this is no way for anyone to behave. deserves a ban!
he never actually touched the person. as shown in the video, he kicked the thing outside where the guy was sitting. he never actually "physically" touched the man.
@ebojfmdboojoh4023
4 жыл бұрын
He was literally less than one metre away, If he could not see that by kicking the board it was going to hit the line judge than either he is 1), a complete idiot or 2), completely blind and needs an urgent eye examination.
Not the first time Nalbandian has behaved in this way. In the Aus Open this year, Fat Dave threw his racquet at a photographer after losing to John Isner
some people clearly don't follow tennis, that is not an unusual place for a linesman to sit/stand and Nalbandian got DQ because of bad behavior and the rules are the rules he caused physical harm and had to go!
The most exciting thing in tennis history
The ATP didn't disqualified him because he lost his temper for a second. It did only because it caused an injury to someone. That's all. Racket Breaking for instance is quite normal. Federer does it, Djokovic does it, etc... You may say: " "People in general need to have some discipline and self control" "Professional sports players are in the public eye and this is no way for anyone to behave. deserves a ban!" Inconsistently enough you don't. Why the Double-Standards ?
that was the question:if the player had accidentally run into the advertising board and get hurt he would won the tournment because of that accident?look man.I get your point,and it is fine with me.but my question is "it is ok to get so sensitive?I mean don't you feel deep in your heart that we overreact?we judge a man because he hit a board not a man.he didnt wanted to make that referee to suffer.he is a tennis player.lets judge him as a player"I want to assure also that I respect your opinion.
Man, the quality of these comments in staggeringly inarticulate, and stupid. The guy is a professional tennis player... you think he doesn't know there's a linesman there?! You think his behaviour is acceptable, or forgiveable?! You think he's a good guy, even though he takes half his apology time to criticize the ATP Tour, which provides him with an opportunity to make a fabulous living?! For outstanding sportsmanship, class and role modeling, look no further than Roger Federer, friends.
Bravo nalbandian from greece
That was not intentional, he should apologize, but he did not mean to kick him. :)
It wasn't intentional but it was definitely a DQ. Nalbandian should learn to control his anger like Rafa and Roger
The only thing he did was to misjudge how strong that board was. I don't see how such a minor mistake can be defined as temporary madness. Unless you think every player that destroys a racket has had one !
They had to DQ him, and Nalbandian has no one but himself to blame. Maybe next time he'll keep his temper in check. He clearly didn't mean to kick or injure the guy on purpose, but it was not an accident. If he was chasing down a ball and ran the guy over, THAT would have been an accident. The kick was intentional although the out come might not have been.
Wrong on all points. 1.The line judge would not have avoided it if younger. 2. Nalbadian was rightly disqualified 3. The linesman did not exaggerate. 4. Nadal is not the best player of all time. He could still become that but he has some way to go. The best clay court player, yes. But Federer, Laver, Gonzalez, Sampras, Borg, Tilden... to be overtaken yet...
I've seen ppl getting mad..but geez he went waaaay to far with his anger.hope he learned his lesson and won't do something like that again
those aren't parallel situations at all, car crashes are never deliberate. He clearly made a deliberate kick at the advertising board, not thinking of the fact that it would break or that someone might get hurt. Perfectly innocent imo.
I highly doubt he meant any malice by it. It's not like the line judge made a wrong call. He was just frustrated and wanted to kick something. Some people smash their racquets. If the racquet bounced awkwardly and smacked someone in the face, they would probably suffer the same fate, but would the judge them as harshly as you would Nalbandian.
The bastard did not even put his racquet down, and show true remorse....he deserves what he got. Too many hooligans in tennis, and they are so highly paid. He was still not in a bad position in the game. That man is someones dad, and is just getting a stipend. Shame on you David.
The official's age was irrelevant- even if younger he would have been sitting not expecting the board to be kicked into him at close range, and would not have reacted in time. Nalbadian did not intend to take it out on him but disqualification was inevitable. Otherwise tennis could go on a slippery slope the way of football, with fights, pushing officials etc.
he didn't kick the linesman, he kicked the hoarding which hit the linesman. Sensible people forgive obvious accidents.
It looks like Nalbandian thought the box was much sturdier than it actually was, he didn't expect it to just fold like it did. Still, an easy way to have avoided this would have been to not kick the box, which was really really close to that judge anyway. Pity.
Players should know better than to muck around when Barnes is the supe. Remember the Agassi incident in San Jose when Steve Ullrich was the chair?
that nalbandian should be BANNED for LIFETIME...and he should pay all the price money he ever won to the guy he injured. incredible!
Just noticed some of the comments that I've looked at in a spare 5 minutes that I have in my busy, hectic life and would like to know why people are being abusive to the line judge? What did he do wrong? I understand that it is only a few people saying this, but what is the motivation behind this meth
Really? He caused the line judge to have a pretty nasty cut on his leg and go hobbling off of the court. If anyone a football player kicked in anger and smashed his foot into a ref on the field causing injury, how much you want to bet he would be out of the game? Although there was no malicious intent, he still did something stupid even when he was winning the match. The guy had to go recieve medical attention. If he'd flung his racquet and hit a ball boy/girl or judge, it's the same deal.
Despite the "loobine" why under the eyes of police officers was this man not arrested? Was it because he was on a private court? The match officials have total control? Or he's rich and above the law?
That's horrible!! But when are all these tournaments gonna get it??? WE DON'T NEED LINESMAN ANYMORE!!! It's all electronic now. Get rid of all of them and use Mac Cam!!
How can anyone defend this guy when he looks straight at the line judge as he speeds up to kick the board. The morons who booed should feel just as ashamed as Nalbandian. Would his defenders feel the same if he did this to them - no they would be screaming assault and demanding his arrest. He should be barred from Wimbledon
He should be put on Joey Barton's 'anger management course'.
@quest8899 you're right. imagine they came out to see the match, spend insane amounts of money and he does that. he didn't really apologize directly to them.
I am sure if the player had accidentally run into the advertising board during play then he wouldn't be punished. I think the board isn't very solid because if it was more solid it would increase the risk of injury to the players.
Accidently Injuring a Linesman, what drugs your on. He clearly hasn't any reguard for the Line Judge sitting there. In every other sport apart from combat sports thats a disqualification. If you done that in the street you'd be arrested. First rule in sport "keep your composure", he didn't. As for the commentators and crowd wanting the game to continue, what next? Dont like the decision, get a new Umpire!!! No one at there work should have to take that.
Wow, first time I've ever seen something like this during a tennis match
poor guy looked so shocked! :L First advert for Microsoft's 'Surface' tablet on my channel!
David is like " *ucking Nike "
Too bad to end the game this way ! Nalbandian probably thought it was a solid box, seemed to be appologetic, bad nerve reaction from him. All this said, he should have been fined but not DQ.
I'm looking into my crystal ball...wait...I'm seeing a....a.....law suit!
@russelltennis15 Don't cry mate. It's only a bit of rage, it's just one of those things.
Yes - David, an elite athlete who spends hours training to play in finals with the ambition of winning, deliberately did this to "spice things up" and get disqualified. Really? lol
@ebojfmdboojoh4023
4 жыл бұрын
Of course it was deliberate. Obviously he didn't deliberately go out to get disqualified but he lost his temper and deliberately kicked the line judge in frustration. If he couldn't see that the line judge was sitting there then he needed an urgent eye test.
Why did he kick him????
favourite disqualification ever hahaha much better then noles
Following your logic, do you believe drunk drivers voluntarily hit other cars, expecting them not to be crushed so easily?
It's not like he meant to kick the guy. I honestly believe he didn't see the guy there and thought it was just a box. Still funny as fuck LOL!
i bet the same commentators were trying to excuse the same action if it had been the "drama queen" murray who had done that
I think what he meant was why are the boards right next to where the line judge is, of course nobody foresaw Nalbandian kicking them but it is still something that caused a DQ....
well...where are you from? it is true that we are some arrogant and i am not pride of that
apparently the line judge pressed charges! it wasn't deliberate ffs
Hope he gets disqualified from all these international tournaments. Pathetic, and showing a lack of sportsmanship...
What does being the worst behaved athlete have to do with this situation? You're trying to make it look worse than it was, and it was no more than an accident. There wasn't much he could do after the accident occurred besides apologize and humbly accept disqualification, which must I say he did obediently. It would be a different story if he directly attacked the linesmen, though.
No excuses he acted stupidly, and he should've had enough discipline to control himself. It was a great call to disqualify him, actually he should be happy he isn't being sued or charged with a crime, so it actually worked of in the best way possible for him. Lesson here kids, is think before you act, with every deed there's a consequence.
HAHA he is like Peter Griffin when he gets hurt, just breathe!
He should have announced to the crowd that he made a stupid error and except the disqualification like a man. I played tennis with a B. Borg mentality. Tennis should weed out the crybabies that can't control their temper. Tennis was always meant to be gentleman's sport. It"s a game ! Just my opinion.
You clearly missed the first quarter of federer's career.
This was the best tennis match i've ever watched, he inflicted pure GBH LOLL
Such a shame but I agree with the commentators; there really was no choice but to disqualify him. I'm sure he meant no harm but what's done is done.
Lol I love how they clap when he is disqualified.
@bartholomewlyons
4 жыл бұрын
The brits
@tclrugby152
4 жыл бұрын
welcome in the united kingdom haha
@williamdavies2375
3 жыл бұрын
A few did for about 2 seconds until they realized it was the end of their afternoons entertainment.
This sort of thing happens in tennis its a spur of the moment thing anybody who wants to ban Nalbandian wants to ban one of the most talented players of the last decade!!!!!
Method of thinking?
Something tells me that the linesman is an ex-European footballer!
2:04 GUY IN SHADES "WHAT!?" LOOL
dont hate the player, hate the game!
Tennis is a risky sport, you should know that as a linesman.
Nadal is one of the most decent tennis players in the tour..
While it was an incredibly stupid thing to do, that's some shoddy build quality on that little box. Its like 10% the box's fault.
@tekkenfan01
2 жыл бұрын
I built it
he didn't he kicked the advertising board thing it was the momentum of his racket that hit him lol
that's assault. throw him in jail or sue him and get a 6-figure settlement.
well its thoughtless and you should take responsibity for your actions. Should be aware of the consequences for kicking a board next to someone stupid
this is not the first time nalbandian shows this kind of behavior, time ago, he did the same but with a bottle of water, intentionally with a court official, so...
i dont think he thought it would break so easily
embarrassing 'n nasty to do that. and he lost it, he took the first set already.. shame on him!
Noooo David... !!! He did it without think... Come on, DQ??? He would won this tournament...
thats how the ball rolls
ok so it was definitely unsportsmanlike but he clearly wasnt going for the linesman it was a stupid brain snap should've been fined heavily, given a penalty point and made to do a formal apology as if a mistake like that forfeits the match
The line judge was in the way of his foot if he was younger he would have got out of the way nalbandian was robbed and the linesman over exaggerated . Who cares anyway nadal is the best player of all time .
Everyone has their way of handling pressure and frustration and that's how he does it and I see no problem with it. Important thing to know is that his intention was to kick the advertising board, not the linesman, and unfortunately an innocent bystander got hurt. And let's see someone trying to do a "sincere apology" after being disqualified in a situation like that.
no excuse, terrible sportsmanship. shameful.
Im from argentina and this is a shame , but not everyone its like that.
The line judge was looking away at the time meaning: 1) He couldn't see to take evasive action. 2) It would have been more of a shock.
no,only deliberate acts MUST cause desqualification and in this case loosing the final.I ask then if his gesture could be deliberate what do you supose to be the right punish for him?arrest for asault and ban for life from the ATP?he didnt kicked the man!he kicked the wooden ad board which by the way was very poor constructed.what if he in his play would step on that wooden shitty board?this man is not McEnroe to kick things at every match.it was a stupid accident.sorry for my english man
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