The world’s worst tennis fails

Published by Paul Moore

Stan Wawrinka was guilty of a truly epic fail at the weekend. Photo: Getty Images
From outrageous misses to truly epic shanks, these are the worst shots ever hit on a tennis court.

At the weekend, Stan Wawrinka conspired to produce a truly epic fail in his Rogers Cup semifinal against Kei Nishikori. Check it out here:

That got us thinking. What are some of the worst fails ever witnessed at the highest levels of the game? This is what we found…

Kei Nishikori was guilty of his own epic fail at the Rogers Cup last year:

But at least he hit the ball (which is more than Grigor Dimitrov did in this doubles match):

Away from the Rogers Cup, Li Na served this into Row Z:

While Rafa Nadal barely got this one to the service line:

And just to prove that everyone can make mistakes, even Roger Federer fluffs his lines from time to time:

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