Tennis gained popularity within no time and has seen some hotly contested fights owing to the biggest tennis rivalries of all time.
This rich game is very strategic from the beginning it’s a golden party game for ladies and gentlemen. Rules of the match had several alterations from time to time. The first open tournament was the British Hard Courts at Bournemouth in April 1968.
If we talk about courts then strokes and strategy can vary widely on different court surfaces. However, There have been instances where things go out of control and ugly in tennis, these ugly scenes were nothing else than top fights in tennis.
Biggest Tennis Rivalries Of All Time
1. Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic
Serena Williams in the year 2011 at WTA Championships was facing Jelana when the biggest fight in tennis history was recorded. The verbal spat aroused when it was Jankovic’s serve. Serena spoke about this incident and won that match 3-6, 6-0, 6-2. Again they both were in the same sputter at the Dubai WTA championships this year.
2. Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe
In the year 1982, John Mcenroe got involved in a heated argument with Jimmy Connors in a championship at Chicago. Connors was angry that he went to the other side of the net and threw his point to McEnroe and pointed fingers towards him. This led to a severe argument where officials had to arrive to stop the argument.
3. Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro
The argument between Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del began when Del Potro was leading by set to love and the second set was tied at 4-4, Murray was 40-15 and later went on to break Del Potro’s serve. At the end of the point, Del Potro had commented about Murray’s mother Judy.
4. Mahesh Bhupathi and Juan Monaco/Feliciano Lopez
The Indian duo was well on their way to win the second set as they already won the first set and with a shot, they won that match. After winning, the match Bhupathi was involved in a verbal spat with Monaco, and the Indian duo won the match 6-7, 7-6, and reached the next round.
5. Pete Sampras/Roger Federer and Andre Agassi/Radael Nadal
In the Charity match at Indian wells in 2010 Sampras and Federer were up against Agassi and Nadal. The first set tied at 4-4, real problem started when Sampras imitated Agassi. In reply, Agassi opened out his pant pockets to show that he was short of money but within moments took a taunt at Sampras saying he had a dollar.
Sampras then fired a fast served straight at Agassi to show his aggression and Sampras won the match at 8-6.
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