racket abuse

There is, one suspects, a dash of vaudeville, even duty, to his racket abuse these days.

Azarenka also conceded her serve at 5-5, to leave Wozniacki serving for the match after receiving a point penalty for racket abuse.

The 6-foot Vaidisova, long considered the next big thing in tennis, earned a code violation for racket abuse during Rezai's second-set comeback.

It was at 4-4 in the third game that referee Robinson issued a warning that every instance of dissent or racket abuse would be penalised with a point.

Having been given a warning for racket abuse, he went on in the post-match interview to state that he and Carlsen had "played like women" during the first set.

The 20-year-old Dutch player, playing in her first final on the women's tour, became rattled in the third set and received a warning for racket abuse after several unforced errors.

The Grand Slam supervisors decided to fine Safin $500 for the racket abuse that earned him his warning, but fined him nothing for the shorts-dropping.

This time, Safin exited his 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory after a code violation for racket abuse and a little scare to his No. 2 seeding.

After Henman broke Coria's serve to take a 5-3 lead in the first set, Coria broke his racket on the clay, receiving a warning for racket abuse.

He describes himself as "a very energetic person" - so energetic, in fact, that he received five fines during last year's grand slam tournaments for offences ranging from racket abuse to audible obscenity and unsportsmanlike conduct.

Examples include racket abuse (intentionally throwing a racket or using it to strike an object other than the ball), ball abuse (intentionally hitting or throwing the ball into the stands outside of normal play), or intentionally shouting during a point in order to distract an opponent.