#4 Sportsman Spirit
There’s a lot of difference in being a successful sportsman and a good sportsman. It takes a lot more than skill and talent to be a good sportsman. It also takes a lot of sportsman spirit to be considered as a good sportsperson and Jack Sock seems to have that spirit in abundance and he has proved this quite a few times this year.The first such instance was shown at the start of the year during the Hopman Cup when Sock was playing former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt. Hewitt was serving to stay in the first set and his first serve was called out by the umpire only for Sock to tell Hewitt to go for the challenge as it was in. Hewitt took the challenge and Sock was right. Hewitt eventually won the match in straight sets.
The most recent instance of Sock’s sportsmanship was shown this year at the Paris Masters during Sock’s third round match against Frenchman Richard Gasquet. Serving at 1-5 in the opening set, Gasquet’s serve was called out by a line judge but Sock awarded the point to Gasquet by acknowledging that the ball was in. His act of sportsmanship was very well appreciated by the Paris crowd. A true sportsman indeed.
