Video - Youzhny reacts badly to losing point

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How to Properly Beat Yourself Up With a Racquet
Published 4/1/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Spencer Hall What am I doing? Oh, just sitting here, mojito in hand, enjoying a--shh!--sorry, I have to be quiet, it's a tennis match here in Miami. It's all so relaxing and elegant, right? Tennis match, tropical breezes, guys dressed in white playing the game of kings, talking to you on my... Oh, dear. Hold on, I think I'm going to be sick... That's Mikhail Youzhny, bashing a fat open wound in his own head in frustration at the Miami Masters' tournament in his match against Spain's Nicolas Almagro. You could tell him to calm down, but after he gashed himself Youzhny ripped off seven straight points and won "an epic, though slightly disturbing" ...

TENNIS JUST GOT MASOCHISTIC, BLOODY
Published 4/1/2008 at With Leather
Here's Mikhail Youzhny at the Miami Masters tournament facing off against Spaniard Nicolas Almagro.  After ending a long point with an unforced error into the net, Youzhny reacts like any real competitor would: by beating himself in the head with his racket until he opens up a bloody gash [Heh... "bloody gash" - Ed.].  The tactic worked well for Youzhny, as he rallied for seven consecutive points after the incident on his way to victory.  Is this the single best intimidation tactic I've seen in ages?  To borrow the words of a fatter man, fuck and yes.  ...

Tennis is way more violent than I realized
Published 4/1/2008 by DCScrap at on 205th
Thanks to Orson Swindlespencerhall over at TSN , I now come to realize that when you play tennis and make a bad shot, the thing to get you back on track is to repeatedly bash yourself in the face with your own tennis racket as Mikhail Youzhny demonstrates below. I think that maybe the open wound on his head might have distracted his opponent a little as Youzhny went on to win seven straight points and the match.

Mikhail Youzhny got a little angry
Published 4/1/2008 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
You may not know tennis player Mikhail Youzhny, but you will know him now. He’s the dude that after losing a long volley, decided to smash his racket against his head a couple times. Then he started bleeding. Holy hell, that was awesome. {HT: The Sporting Blog.}

Mikhail Youzhny Beats Himself with a Racket, Then Beats Opponent
Published 4/1/2008 at FanIQ Blog
I believe this is what the tennis statisticians would label a 'forced error.' After a long point, Russian tennis pro/masochist Mikhail Youzhny was not pleased with his backhand into the net ... so he bludgeoned himself with his own racket. Ouch, dude. I'm not sure if he was just disappointed in losing the Brooklyn Decker sweepstakes or this is his sick way of motivating himself. Considering the match result, it appears to be the latter for now. Youzhny ran off seven straight points after this self inflicted wound and defeated Spain's Nicolas Almagro in a ...

Tennis Is Intense
Published 4/1/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
I really don't have words to describe this. I'll just let you watch. Wait for it.....Waaaaaaaait for it (fun starts at 1:30 in)..... Umm yeah. That's Mikhail Youzhny seeming not so happy with himself. A bit crazy, but the motivation tactic seemed to work because he came back and won the match. How to Properly Beat Yourself Up With a Racquet (The Sporting Blog)

Tennis Just Got A Little Cooler
Published 4/1/2008 by yaveras80 at When The Whistle Blows
I'd hate to see what this guy would do to himself on the golf course after a bad shot... + Sporting News

It’s Rare To See A Tough, Crazy Tennis Player
Published 4/1/2008 by Dave at Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball
It’s not often you get to see a tennis player that’s tough, so today’s our lucky day. I don’t know who this guy is, but he’s clearly insane. I mean, it was one point. And it’s tennis.

Tennis Player Needs To Work On Overhead Smash
Published 4/1/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Spencer Hall of the SPORTING BLOG finds a tennis player who really needs to work on his overhead smash . Mikhali Youzhny hits self with racket The bloodied mess above is Mikhail Youzhny , who’s enraged intensity was on display at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. During his match against Spain’s Nicolas Almagro, the Russian became upset after giving up a point, and tried to beat some sense into himself - with his own racket. (Video after the jump.) Somehow, the forehead flogging must have worked, as Youzhny came back to defeat Almagro in what THINK SPAIN called an “ epic, though slightly disturbing , third round three-set classic .” ...

NESW Sports Headlines 4/1/2008
Published 4/2/2008 by ethanator1088 at NESW Sports, The Best Sports News
NESW Sports Headlines 4/1/2008 MLB Dodger fans beat up a SOX fan Bugs and Cranks has the Uber Exclusive Steve Bartman Interview. Check out Lego Baseball Staduims NBA Chris Paul gets kneed by Dwight Howard . Dwight Howard is a menace to the NBA Shaq runs the break. Warning , this video is not for Shaq fans. NCAA ...

Tennis Player Mikhail Youzhny Goes B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Published 4/2/2008 by Luol Dang! at The Smittblog

It’s Angry…It’s Bloody…It’s…..Tennis????
Published 4/2/2008 by Chuck at Sportaphile
I’ve mentioned my distaste for men’s tennis on several occasions, but moments like this make the sport look a little less sissy. Mikhail Youzhny lost a point after a long volley and became so angry he struck himself in the head with his own racket three times. A stream of blood rushed down his forehead and the match had to be temporarily stopped while trainers patched up the wound. If things like this happened in tennis every week maybe…. just maybe….I would consider not making fun of it so often. [Shout out to ...

Mikhail Youzhny Literally a Rock Head
Published 4/2/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
Much like Gus Frerotte who lost a head-butting battle to an endzone wall, I don’t get what the fascination is with people banging things against their heads. Like in football, players bash helmets all the time just to get pumped up. That’s gotta hurt, right? It put Frerotte out of commission. Sure, we’ve seen that before. But have you ever seen a tennis player go heads-up with his racket? In case you haven’t, take a look: Mikhail Youzhny may have felt poorly about losing the point, but I’m sure it couldn’t have possibly ...

Mikhail Youzhny beats himself up with tennis racket: Tennis Racket-1 ** Youzhny-0
Published 4/2/2008 by houroc at SportFiends.com
I had never heard of Mikhail Youzhny prior to today, now Youzhny will forever be infamous in my mind for being one of the biggest idiots tennis has ever seen. Now we’ve all seen John McEnroe go ballistic time and time again if he lost points. We’ve seen all of the various technicals and emotional moments from Rasheed Wallace but I think this one takes the cake. Mikhail Youzhny was clearly upset that he lost this point in a recent match of his but instead of taking it out on the ref, he decided it was a better idea to take it out on himself. ...

Order that Hamilton Jersey
Published 4/2/2008 by Sturminator at Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville
Well, at the risk of getting sucked in by another amazing debut (see: Kapler, Gabe; and Richards, Brad), how can you not be amazed by what Josh Hamilton did in his 2nd game with the Texas Rangers? All he did was track down a few gap shots and then won the game with a 9th inning 2-run home run when you were down one. I’ve seen a lot of things, but that…was…awesome! I will say that I wonder if he can stay healthy all year, and as he slammed into the wall tracking down Brad Wilkerson’s would-be double I held my breath, but he looks like the real deal. Tonight, the debut of Jason Jennings against the amazingly average ...

Hot Clicks: Which MLB team has the hottest fan base?
Published 4/2/2008 at SI.com - Extra Mustard
The Links Which MLB team has the best-looking fan base? Anne V :: Joanne Gair /SI Shoutmouth.com says, ...

I Think He Got … A-head of Himself
Published 4/2/2008 by Brinson at Brahsome - Care To Get Nice?
In case you haven’t seen the vid of Mikhail Youzhny bashing himself in the head with a tennis racket at the Sony Ericsson Open and then splitting his dome open when he catches the frame on it, well, you should probably take a few minutes off of work and watch this. Actually it’s about a minute and a half, following the end of the point in play when it starts. He really … made a … racket on the court, didn’t he? Share This

Would This Be KG If He Played Tennis?
Published 4/2/2008 by Scott (CEO) at BostonsportZ
Here's KG during a recent Celtics game after missing a free throw.   Now here's probably what KG would do if he played Tennis.    

Ouch: Self-inflicted Tennis Racquet Wound
Published 4/2/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
John McEnroe has nothing on this fellow.

What it’s all about…
Published 4/2/2008 by Nate Cunningham at Tennis Diary
So far, this year’s Master Series Miami is living up to the “Fifth Slam” hype. Tennis Channel subscribers may be familiar with the little blurbs for some of their behind-the-scenes type programming, like the reality-show “No Strings”, each episode of which takes a look at the non-tennis “life” of a different ATP or WTA player. I haven’t sat through a whole episode, but I did get close with a similar special called “The Other Side - Lleyton Hewitt”, because he was trying so hard to seem cool that it came off way ...

Tennis Meets WWE
Published 4/2/2008 by Alex Whiteleather at MVN Outsider
How interesting would tennis become if Rafael Nadal smashed his forehead in after losing a long rally in the finals of Wimbledon to Roger Federer? Fellow tennis stars need to take note of Russian tennis star Mikhail Youzhny who did precisely that at the Sony Ericsson Open in Florida on Monday. Sit back and enjoy the hilarity and pain to follow. . . Hat Tip out to The Sporting Blog for this find!

Tennis Can Be a Frustrating Sport
Published 4/3/2008 by The OCC at The Off-Color Commentator
My favorite thing about this video is not the fact that Mikhail Youzhny bludgeons his face with a tennis racket (though that is enjoyable). What I really enjoy is when the announcer likens Youzhny's behavior to that of Vincent Van Gogh and then -- emboldened by what he feels is a brilliant analogy -- goes on to point out that Youzhny, like Van Gogh, has short hair as well. One man (a professional tennis player) hits himself in the face with a tennis racket because he's extremely frustrated about losing a point. Another man (an artist) cuts off his ear because he's ...

Tennis: More Violent Than Football?
Published 4/4/2008 by Yost at College Football Forum
Friday, April 04, 2008 Tennis: More Violent Than Football? Who says tennis players are wusses... Posted by Yost at 4/04/2008 07:01:00 PM DiggIt! del.icio.us [image] Labels: Tennis (yes , tennis) 0 comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Јужни-је је тужније
Published 4/4/2008 by Karakash at NBA Macedonia
WPvideo 1.10 Клипот нема врска со баскет. Наместо тоа, е потврда дека и тенисот може да биде интересен, или во овој случај - крвав. Насловот сфатете го како сакате.

Friday Video Blowout
Published 4/4/2008 by Simon at SimonOnSports
Everyone needs something to keep them occupied on Friday afternoons so the Friday Video Blowout was born. Spend your next few minutes, laughing, crying of laughter, pissing your self, whatever, but mostly wasting your companies time. Videos In Order Courtesy of Fanhouse ...

How to Properly Beat Yourself Up With a Racquet
Published 4/13/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Spencer Hall What am I doing? Oh, just sitting here, mojito in hand, enjoying a--shh!--sorry, I have to be quiet, it's a tennis match here in Miami. It's all so relaxing and elegant, right? Tennis match, tropical breezes, guys dressed in white playing the game of kings, talking to you on my... Oh, dear. Hold on, I think I'm going to be sick... That's Mikhail Youzhny, bashing a fat open wound in his own head in frustration at the Miami Masters' tournament in his match against Spain's Nicolas Almagro. You could tell him to calm down, but after he gashed himself Youzhny ripped off seven straight points and won "an epic, though slightly disturbing" ...