I love John McEnroe. His game was absolutely beautiful to watch, but in looking at him, im not sure ive ever seen an athlete look LESS like an athlete in my life. If you saw him on the street back in those days, would you guess he was a world class athlete at anything lol? Amazing. He looks more like a loan officer than number 4 in the world.
What nonsense. He played at a time when the game was still about skill and strategy, not just about athleticism and conditioning. I´m not sure if Edberg, Mecir, Leconte or Wilander would have looked particularly athletic on the street ;)
@@fundhund62 I think Edberg seemed pretty athletic. Mecir or Wilander, maybe not so much, but my comment was focused on Mac only, and there were plenty of players that did look athletic. Sampras, Becker, Lendl, Noah, Chang, with his tree trunk thighs. Mac didnt look like an athlete. Its not an insult, so I dont get your reaction lol.
This is a match from the time tennis was shifting from the classic finesse game to the modern power game. McEnroe does everything with touch and ball placement and here comes Boris who throws rockets, bombs and bullets at his opponents. 5 years earlier McEnroe seemed to be untouchable but now he is having a hard time surviving with his flat shots against Boom Boom Boris. On top of that Becker has tree trunks for legs while Johnny Mac looks more like some office dude.
Becker still had a unique style, so much so that even if he won relatively few titles, he's still well remembered now. Surely he started the trend towards power tennis, but he was a unique mix of power, style and touch. Becker seems to always be playing at 101% of his possibilities, and his error rate is pretty high compared to today's players. He suffered too much on slow surface as he could not close the points with few shots.
I don't think he hated Becker. McEnroe and Becker always had very friendly handshakes. I think that Mac saw a little bit of himself in Becker. Both were "unstable geniuses" and too stubborn to listen to other other people, they both had to fight their inner demons and therefore lacked consistency and in spite of their success probably never fully maxed out on their talent compared to other players like Lendl, Wilander or Edberg.
17:48 - McEnroe is wrong here. He is protesting Becker's long service routine. He may have an argument for how long Becker's routine is, but there are rules for servers serving within a certain time span, and McEnroe must let the rules hold sway here. But Becker's service motion/routine is consistent - it's been his routine since he joined the Tour, and not something new he's throwing out there to catch his opponents off guard. But McEnroe doing this WAS new and inconsistent for him. He was NOT in his prepared stance to receive serve that he's had for HIS entire career on the Tour. He was just standing there with his arms by his side, like some dude on the street corner waiting for the bus to come. Now, that IS disruptive of an opponent trying to serve: McEnroe for most of his career has stopped opponents from serving due to seeing members of the crowd behind them in the stands moving about or not sitting down. He's forced servers to wait until HE is satisfied that he won't be distracted by the crowd. So for someone like Becker here, looking up and seeing McEnroe just standing there, it would be expected that McEnroe is seeing crowd members behind Becker moving around. Becker even looked behind himself here to see if that was what was causing Mac to stand there. That IS against the rules - trying something that is not consistent nor a common practice in tennis during an opponent's service, in order to distract that opponent on their serve and disrupt their flow of service. John was in the wrong here, and probably was just acting out towards Becker due to being upset with the chair umpire for not calling Becker's 2nd serve long in the previous point, which to be honest I thought it looked a bit long there. And to also add, McEnroe's own service motion of swinging/rocking his arms up and down before serving the ball is sort of similar to Becker's, although slightly shorter in time taken. McEnroe shortened that pre-serve motion in these later years, but when he was still using the woodies he did it longer......
What a childish fool McEnroe was as a player.. any time he was angry during matches he took it out on the officials. At times he had a point but he was still way over the top. He behaved like a spoiled 10-year-old all of his career. That said, his passion for the game is what makes him such a wonderful commentator and analyst today. And his matches were enjoyable to watch for the spectators and still are to this day (even me). I am just glad I wasn’t an umpire back then😏
Foreign players like Becker were such more so the frauds;because he as would complain in what so matches when what Mcenroe or somene else were oh smoking him or destroying him on court. But the media would never talk about Boris and shitty court antics. They talked only John. Boris as complient to go along and think his outbursts were fine.
Merci Messieurs! J'étais devant la télé et m'en rappelle comme si c'était hier.Pure tennis,pur génie John.
un chef d'œuvre félicitations et merci !
un petit chef-d'oeuvre, bientôt 30 ans...
Vraiment un très beau match. Que je suis nostalgique de ce tennis de la fin des années 80…
I love John McEnroe. His game was absolutely beautiful to watch, but in looking at him, im not sure ive ever seen an athlete look LESS like an athlete in my life.
If you saw him on the street back in those days, would you guess he was a world class athlete at anything lol?
Amazing. He looks more like a loan officer than number 4 in the world.
What nonsense. He played at a time when the game was still about skill and strategy, not just about athleticism and conditioning. I´m not sure if Edberg, Mecir, Leconte or Wilander would have looked particularly athletic on the street ;)
@@fundhund62 I think Edberg seemed pretty athletic. Mecir or Wilander, maybe not so much, but my comment was focused on Mac only, and there were plenty of players that did look athletic. Sampras, Becker, Lendl, Noah, Chang, with his tree trunk thighs.
Mac didnt look like an athlete. Its not an insult, so I dont get your reaction lol.
He does look like an athlete...his receding hairline is fooling you...
Mcenroe my favourite...Only 7 majors won..What a touch, what a talent, what a genius
7 was a lot back then
"Only" lol
@@SonateSonate yes "only"...😱😈
Le tennis actuel est tellement soporifique avec mcenroe ça avait de l envergure tu nous manques John
I love the way these two players match up - the 7 hr Davis Cup match and a match in Atlanta were also close and enjoyable.
Il était une fois un sport qu'on appelait ...tennis
Beautiful match!
多分､速いサーフェースのコートでしょう｡二人共に､ハーフボレーの様なストロークを使うのは､本当に迫力を感じさせます｡80年代のプロテニス界って､打ち方にも芸術性を感じさせましたね｡
Phenomenal Boris!
This is a match from the time tennis was shifting from the classic finesse game to the modern power game. McEnroe does everything with touch and ball placement and here comes Boris who throws rockets, bombs and bullets at his opponents. 5 years earlier McEnroe seemed to be untouchable but now he is having a hard time surviving with his flat shots against Boom Boom Boris. On top of that Becker has tree trunks for legs while Johnny Mac looks more like some office dude.
Becker still had a unique style, so much so that even if he won relatively few titles, he's still well remembered now. Surely he started the trend towards power tennis, but he was a unique mix of power, style and touch. Becker seems to always be playing at 101% of his possibilities, and his error rate is pretty high compared to today's players. He suffered too much on slow surface as he could not close the points with few shots.
Sympa d'avoir l'ambiance de l'époque avec deux joueurs de talant. Mais dommage que l'image 3:4 d'origine soit étendu en 16:9.
I was Michael Chang fan in my childhood.
McEnroe.. mental..
Good ol' tennis! 24:00
Watching this match for the first time I am seeing how much Mac truly hated Beckers guts. He is seething here...
I don't think he hated Becker. McEnroe and Becker always had very friendly handshakes. I think that Mac saw a little bit of himself in Becker. Both were "unstable geniuses" and too stubborn to listen to other other people, they both had to fight their inner demons and therefore lacked consistency and in spite of their success probably never fully maxed out on their talent compared to other players like Lendl, Wilander or Edberg.
Mac wasn't as fluid and athletic as I remembered watching TV
Game Becker
ein amerikaner in paris ;-))
25:18 28:33 34:01 37:49 47:22 54:06 1:04:34 1:05:32 1:15:11 1:18:00 1:24:30 1:25:40
You are a star 🌟
But Boris is the winner😂
@@rosariodurante4782 ikr? But mcenroe was a whiny american asshole so everybody has to love him more than boris
1:34:29
17:48 - McEnroe is wrong here. He is protesting Becker's long service routine. He may have an argument for how long Becker's routine is, but there are rules for servers serving within a certain time span, and McEnroe must let the rules hold sway here. But Becker's service motion/routine is consistent - it's been his routine since he joined the Tour, and not something new he's throwing out there to catch his opponents off guard.
But McEnroe doing this WAS new and inconsistent for him. He was NOT in his prepared stance to receive serve that he's had for HIS entire career on the Tour. He was just standing there with his arms by his side, like some dude on the street corner waiting for the bus to come. Now, that IS disruptive of an opponent trying to serve: McEnroe for most of his career has stopped opponents from serving due to seeing members of the crowd behind them in the stands moving about or not sitting down. He's forced servers to wait until HE is satisfied that he won't be distracted by the crowd. So for someone like Becker here, looking up and seeing McEnroe just standing there, it would be expected that McEnroe is seeing crowd members behind Becker moving around. Becker even looked behind himself here to see if that was what was causing Mac to stand there.
That IS against the rules - trying something that is not consistent nor a common practice in tennis during an opponent's service, in order to distract that opponent on their serve and disrupt their flow of service. John was in the wrong here, and probably was just acting out towards Becker due to being upset with the chair umpire for not calling Becker's 2nd serve long in the previous point, which to be honest I thought it looked a bit long there. And to also add, McEnroe's own service motion of swinging/rocking his arms up and down before serving the ball is sort of similar to Becker's, although slightly shorter in time taken. McEnroe shortened that pre-serve motion in these later years, but when he was still using the woodies he did it longer......
McEnroe Finished Many Players Off Mentally, But Not Becker.
fkin McEnroe!
Boris too tough to beat even for genius John.
That is why John ended his career having won o' more grand slams as then Boris. John was so better a genius.
Mac the better player in his prime. He just couldn't make up for the eight year age difference with Becker who wasn't so bad in his prime either.
@@nancyyoung9799 wtf becker won only one less they're not that different
Puta que era malo mc enroe, fue 1ñen la epoca mala del tenis.
What a childish fool McEnroe was as a player.. any time he was angry during matches he took it out on the officials. At times he had a point but he was still way over the top. He behaved like a spoiled 10-year-old all of his career.
That said, his passion for the game is what makes him such a wonderful commentator and analyst today.
And his matches were enjoyable to watch for the spectators and still are to this day (even me). I am just glad I wasn’t an umpire back then😏
Foreign players like Becker were such more so the frauds;because he as would complain in what so matches when what Mcenroe or somene else were oh smoking him or destroying him on court. But the media would never talk about Boris and shitty court antics. They talked only John. Boris as complient to go along and think his outbursts were fine.
zu viele Netzbälle, kaum Ballwechsel, bum bum