Should I laugh, or cry?
Actually, considering I recently spent some time trying to return John Isner's 140-mph serve, I should just thankful this wasn't me.
In a match last Friday at a grass court tournament in Germany, Marc Gisquel took a serve from Benjamin Becker in the ... um.... how to say this? ... let's just say, the groin.
Ouch.
Amazingly, Gisquel didn't curl up into fetal position and forfeit the match immediately - a completely understandable reaction, if you ask me. Instead, he somehow managed to carry on and win the match. That's really showing some ... courage, I'd say.
Here's the classic pic taken after the incident, as Gisquel is getting treatment and the tour doctor is apparently trying to shush the crowd, which apparently couldn't resist offering a few comments. Stunningly, Gisquel has a smile on his face.
Even more stunningly there is nothing on Youtube yet that I could find. Even more stunningly, there is a two-minute highlight reel of the match from German tv that fails to show the incident. How is that possible? I always knew that German humor was different, but come on, aren't shots to the groin a universal way to get a laugh?