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CoCo Vandeweghe’s Viral Warm-Up

One of the most culturally distinctive differences between tennis and other sports is how opponents are expected to cooperatively warm-up with each other prior to competition. It is a really strange practice when you think about it. A couple of week’s ago at the Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge, Coco Vandeweghe tired to refuse to warm-up when her match resumed following a suspension for extreme heat. When the umpire and her opponent forced her to warm-up anyway, she petulantly refused to expend any effort.