CV and mad panic behaviour

[Mav]

He's so used to pushing around chair umpires and tournament directors that he naturally assumes he can do that outside the tennis bubble.

You can see that in the reaction of Novak and Serena to being ejected from the US Open (Novak for smacking a ball into a lineswoman's throat and Serena for threatening to shove a ball down the throat of a diminutive lineswoman). Normal people would realise they'd gone too far and be crestfallen but not these 2. Novak blew off the scheduled press conference after the game which would have been a perfect opportunity to show remorse. Serena's reaction to being docked points for coaching from the stands was the classic reaction of someone who thinks rules should be bent for the stars.

But why wouldn't they feel they have that privilege? After all, the ATP and WTA are run by the players. Unlike team sports, there's no coach who can discipline them either. The players employ their coaches and are free to sack them if they speak too freely. We've seen how well Tennis Australia was able to control Bernard Tomic when he started throwing his weight around.

The classic was when Richard Gasquet was able to escape a ban after a positive test on match day for cocaine. He argued it must have been on the lips of a girl he kissed in a bar which outraged the girl involved. And Andre Agassi boasted in his autobiography that he was also able to avoid a drugs ban by forging a letter from his mum.

The truly remarkable thing is that the sport has also thrown up 2 role models in Federer and Nadal. How did that happen?