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Borg and Mac had back to back great Wimbledon finals.
Of course I’m serious. That last set tiebreaker was epic.
THAT BALL WAS ON THE LINE
CHALK FLYING EVERYWHERE
Never saw Laver play. The most dominant player I ever saw was Borg. He owned the French and Wimbledon when I was a kid. He never won at Flushing Meadow which was a bit of a head scratcher. Don’t believe he played the Australian but not many did during his era.
All time best match or not, it was some awesome competition between two greats. Didn’t know who to pull for
The longest match at Wimbledon was in 2010 Isner v Mahut which ended 70-68 in the 5th set . Total games was 183 and the 5th set alone lasted 8 hours 11 minutes. The match was played over 3 days and took 11 hours 5 minutes.
Clearly my DVers were not Johnny Mac fans like I was
Flew right over their heads.
The new technology showing where the ball hit would have quieted him down.
I hate McEnroe, with a passion, when he finally beat Borg I remember be really really angry. Yesterday's match was unbelievably special.
@kASEY, It went right over my head, that's for sure. Nice.
Orlando. For some reason still unclear to me I pulled for Joker most of the match. Maybe it was because most of the live crowd was cheering for Federer. When Joker won though I felt a tad bit of sadness, It's never good to see likeable champions fade into the sunset.
My favorites were the old McEnroe v Lendl. That or Connors
Those guys clearly didnt like each other. Heck McEnroe hated everybody.
Connors didn't necessarily hate everybody. He just loved himself so much that I guess he hated everyone else by comparison. There was a little tennis boom in the mid 70's because of those two.
Level was a great technetion. That led me to think he was a dry Eastern European reformed commie. Turns out the guy is one of The most engaging and funny guys I've listened to now that the pressure is off.
Connors was a prick. I think Mac was just so competitive and those outbursts were gamesmanship to an extent. As a cranky only child that often threw tantrums I related.
Sadly I only caught the tail end of his career. theres a great book about borg and McEnroe if you’re interested
This board's software has more bugs than a 20 dollar a night motel room. I gave up on trying to edit my last post, it continually locks the site when I try.
As often happens here spell check ran wild and changed Lendl to level and for some odd reason changed technician to technetion.