Stop Apologizing For Net Cord Winners!

I've been a tennis player ever since I was about 13 years old.  I really love the game,  although I loathe the community surrounding it with a passion.  Hatorade aside, I went on to play some junior tournaments; eventually played singles for my high-school and at one point, earned a Top 10 scholastic ranking in the Eastern U.S. 

Tennis has some weird etiquette to it.  It's supposed to be a gentleperson's game...I suppose, but professional tennis players, both male and female, are pound-for-pound some of the greatest athletes in the world.  Many of them could crush a human head into dust with their bare hands.  However, they grunt, squeal, scream, bitch, throw stuff and complain with the best European footballers.  So, why all the faux, traditional politeness???

This practice is especially evident when it comes to net cord winners.  You find yourself deep behind the baseline, chasing down a forehand that just manages to grab onto the last millimeter of the line.  You stretch out as far as you can, barely managing to get your racquet on the ball. 

You have successfully chased this fuzzy, yellow devil down and have it heading back toward your opponent.  While anxiously awaiting your meek, defensive effort on the other side of the net, your shot grazes the net cord, hops about an inch into the air and drops limply on the other side of the net, out of the reach of the enemy. 

YOU WIN THE POINT!  However, you hold up the head of your racquet and apologize to the piece of garbage standing 78 feet away for the manner in which you managed to one-up your nemesis.  WTF?!

You just came damn close to breaking your ankle chasing down a near nonreturnable shot.  You not only manage to get it back, but you win the point.  YOU WIN THE POINT!!!  Why act like such a pussy?  Would Mariano Rivera apologize for striking your ass out on a ball in the dirt?  Would Warren Sapp apologize to your sorry ass for sacking you, but only by holding onto your foot?

You busted your ass for this one.  If you tried 1000 times in a row to hit the net cord in order to win a point, it would be unlikely that you'd be able to do it even once.  So when the tennis gods are shining upon you, man-up and enjoy just your victory, will ya'?!