The quick pace, no nonsense, unselfishness, unassuming, professional demeanor is great. I was ONLY a few years younger than Borg. I grew up in Forest Hills, the stadium was walking distance from my house. Great times! Miss them!🥲
Not just these two - I don't remember any players from those times taking the amount of time today's players do before the serve, and before a second serve.
Well, I am 42 now and I whenever I push myself for some serious hard hitting strokes with my 30 year old partners, it wears me out in an hour. but, when I play with 50 year old , I can play for 3 hours without much exhaustion. Today's game is way faster just like todays cars vs 100 year old car technology. So, players thus need some time to catch their breadth in between the points during serves.
But gee..dont you just like seeing a player tuck and adjust his shirt, wipe his eyebrows and forehead, then bounce the ball 20 times before serving?..Robert at 66.
@@bobmalack481 Well, players focus more on winning the match , that's their profession without breaking any tennis rules. They don't give any thoughts that some spectators are in some way bothered by the among of time they take in between the games. When I watch the tennis match I am always thrilled by the quality of shots they make during the match and I am least bothered by the time they take in between the points.
No messing around between serves, quiet and respectful crowd and a primarily a finesse game. Much more fun to watch than the non-stop power game today.
Borg might have the most Slams if he continued to play. We will never know. But he was a great player and a joy to watch. Ashe also awesome. Great match
It's part of the problem of comparing generations. Grand slams just weren't as important back then. The Australian open wasn't considered a major tournament and most of the big players, Borg included, skipped it regularly. The French open too had lots of players missing in the 70s because of team tennis. It's really only a modern thing that we've started judging players by number of slams.
@@jayap3557 No. All the four slams became more appreciated in the 80s. Way before Nadal and Federer. When they started in the 2000s, ATP and ITF were already very well established. Back then, it was not normal to play after the 30s.
@@zeddeka Yea, pro tennis, before this kept players out - Poncho G. missed a lot , 15 years in his peak wasn't allowed at the 'grand slams'. I think, in the silly ' goat' talk, he might have been the best..... impossible to say actually , how much does modern racquet and even more STRING technology change things - 25 % + ?
The difference in strings was even bigger. But don't forget: the grass at Forest Hills was like a ploughed field eg compared to modern Wimbledon grass - loads of odd bounces, shooting, checking, keeping low etc. But I have to say that these two look a bit sloppy with their technique and footwork. It wasn't just all the equipment tech.........
@@markwhitman9029 Real tennis died in September of 1984 when all four men's semifinalists used oversized graphite raquets for the first time at a Grand Slam. Borg vs. McEnroe was the greatest rivalry in tennis. Modern tennis is FAKE tennis. Engineered beyond recognition of the Classic Era.
I’m now 60! Loved watching tennis in the 70’s and 80’s it’s why I’m here. I still have my Donnay Borg wooden racket and I still use it. Those were the days 😊
I was fortunate to be at Forest Hills for Borg's debut in the qualifying for the US Open in 1972. I saw Borg play Emerson on a side court near the clubhouse. Emmo won in 4 close sets.
Boy, never saw Borg play at 17, wow what power on the serve, shot making and mature mental game already. No wonder he became number 1 in world 77,78,79 and 80.
Indeed. Had the US Open kept its grass courts, I'm sure he would've won a bunch of them. Unfortunately for him, they switched to hard courts and night games from 1978 onwards. He hated playing on hard courts and under lights at night.
Well he never won on the grass or the clay at the US Open either so there is no guarantee he would have won any US Opens no matter what the surface was.
Actually that serve by Borg was strong by modern standards. Not trusting my eyes I looked it up an apparently he was hitting in the 120s to 130mph... with a wood racquet. Made McEnroe look like a chump in comparison.
You had to hit the ball much more precisely with those old rackets because the sweet spot was so small. I wonder what their ball speed was compared to today.
@@Mote78 he has one from B Borg too. But Borg never hit with it. He laughed at it and gave it to anyone who would want it. It had really weird strings in it. Look very rough. A kid I taught tennis got to have a American tennis player rac. That he won the doubles title in the french open. I told the kid ( Diego) to just save the rac.
@@lawrence1318 You could argue Nastase was the first, but Borg took it to a transcendent level, as Ashe said, "he was bigger than the game, like Elvis or Elizabeth Taylor or something"
The first rock star of tennis.Women went mad for him when he burst on the scene.70's my era.He was king of tennis.Similar to Georg Best really.We never found out how great they could have been.
Big time, lots of early era players with significantly better serves than current, but they were using mental difficult equipment in comparison. Most have no idea how much more difficult this game was than modern.
Nadal must look at how fast Borg delivers his serves and wonder what on earth is going on. It can only be 5 seconds between them. (Ashe too, to be fair)
Man considering the rackets they were using they were definitely serving bullets!!! Now that is talent! My friend has a antique wood racket he likes to hit with for fun and I tried it and was like wth LOL! Very hard to hit with, so what these GREATS are doing is truly remarkable!!
Quelle belle qualité d'image ! Superbe document, où l'on voit pratiquement que du service-volée. A. Ashe avait un grand service et B. Borg était très jeune et avait de bons passing shot.
@@redbluffman3278 all of that family played tennis...Vijay, Anand and Ashok... now apparently they are part of hollywood and one of their next-gen does commentary - zoom podcast etc...
My idol I was 12 then and modeled my game after him and I'm 61 today still people to this day comment about how much topspin I can put on the ball on both wings...my Borg
Borg was my idol growing up in the 70’s. To this day and I’m now 60 I still love tennis. I had all the gear, Fila shirt, shorts, diadora tennis shoes and the Borg Pro tennis racket which I still own and play with. My other racket is a Babolat. There was no grunting, play was slower and the crowd were calmer. I truly miss those days 😞
Yeah. Borg inspired me to get into tennis. I even had the Donnay Borg Pro racquets in the 8th grade. Unfortunately, they had 4 5/8" grips! I play with 4 3/8" now. :) I feel lucky to have watched him play in a singles exhibition at the Cow Palace in SF. He was starting his comeback at the time.
@@williewasahippie i had a 4 5/8 grip racket someone gave me......... was too thick to hold but i used it FOR YEARS to dig out boogers from my snot........
Major crush of my life. Saw him in person at an exhibition match against Connors in Richmond, Va. not long before he retired. He is why I became a huge fan of the game. Loved Juan Martin del Potro, Federer and now Medvedev, but my heart will always belong to Borg.
If they didn’t make the courts so slow players could be quicker between points. Best of five set tennis was designed for quicker courts. They either need to change to best of three or best of five with a tiebreak in place of the fifth set, or speed up the courts. There’s no way you can win many matches in the year, play a full schedule and have your body not fall apart with how physical and gruelling the matches have become. Novak gets away with it as he is allowed to play only 12 tournaments a year. Look how Murray and Nadal’s bodies gave up on them, and Roger’s too eventually.
Borg in the afternoon daylight looking as secure as he did at Wimbledon and Roland Garros. He hated playing under lights when the U.S. Open added night time sessions a couple of years later.
Borg's return stance really changes as he matures later in his career. His legs are very close together on the return in this match, but later on, he straddles outward for better reach.
At first I was like "Why is there an American chair umpire official at Wimbledon??" lol. Early 70s seemed almost like a club atmosphere in tennis. Kind of endearing.
Even crazier is US Open was on Har Tru green clay from 1975-77. This gave Connors a record that will NEVER be broken as Connors won the US Open on grass in 1974, clay in 1976 and hard court in 1978, 1982 and 1983. No player will ever win again on 3 different surfaces.
this was the first meeting between the two legends! and thru Ashe's prime remaining years till the end of 1975, they played each other a whopping 13 more times and they were tied 7-7 in that period of 28 months, with only one more GS meeting, Ashes win over Borg in 1975 Wimbeldon! before the start of Borg's amazing run at Wimbeldon 1976-1981 ............... so surprisingly close rivalry by Ashe despite losing this match
@@andrejones4999 I turned nine in Sept 1973. I hadn't yet discovered tennis, as far as I can recall. But I remember being a Borg fan a few years later.
Amazing to see the body language of a great veteran such as Ashe. He looks like, “Well, I might as well catch the 5:30 out of LaGuardia.” He sees the future of men’s tennis across the net from him.
Wow this is before Bjorg went to that famous Donnay racquet and the US Open was played on grass. It's amazing how technology has changed the speed of the game.
It is very much like in golf with the wooden drivers the pro’s used to play with, both have tiny sweet spots so the contact has to be very precise. With the newer technology players swung more aggressively and could afford to because with new technology what would of been a bad mishit, is now a perfectly solid shot.
He actually played a semi two handed backhand. The backswing he did with two hands, and he also hit the ball with two hands, but the rest of the follow through he did with one hand.
Great match. Real pop on both players' serves. Forest Hills grass courts and country club atmosphere so much better than Flushing Meadows hard courts and concrete bowl.
The think that’s best about the slower rackets is that it allows variety in the game. You had baselines, serve and volley, and all court players. Now everyone is the same, it’s just who is hitting better on that day, no strategy, just bang away.
Have to laugh, these guys take 5 seconds to put a serve in, when did it change that current pro's have to take 20 seconds. Great points from both sides
I've played both those racquets and let me tell you it's a massive difference in accuracy, power/control, sensation > rallies with today's equipment. Ashe was using a Head arthur ashe signature competition 2 with VS natural gut which was a Mustang like combination
That flat model of Head always felt like a sponge when i used them once or twice. Very flexible racquet with a lot of power but i couldn’t feel anything. The Spalding that Borg was using i never used but if it was like most of the heavy wood racquets like the Dunlop Volley they were predictable and had some power if you middled it, and lots of feel on volleys. Nothing like today’s axes though. Thought i’d died and gone to heaven when i tested the latest stuff after taking tennis up again after a couple of decades away.
I've owned Tretorn, Spalding and Donnay racquets. With wood shape, with less skill than these champions, the control was hard ! Nowadays, the racquets are kind of perfection and that's why we can't expect lot of players with service-volley.
@@seveglider8406 The problem was neither the US or Australian grass courts were of the same standard as Wimbledon. Many bad bounces and two-paced courts, which drove the players crazy. Maybe it was the greater heat and humidity in Australia and the US in summer than in England which caused it, or maybe it was because they didn't have the care and attention that the Wimbledon ground staff have. It's sad though, I wish they were all still grass!
Bjorn Borg burned out and retired at 26 years old. That’s the age of an athlete’s prime. I still don’t understand why Borg left the game he loved so much.
Watch the McEnroe doco and you get an idea how burnt out he was that when he lost that last US open final to McEnroe he didn’t even go to the presentation ceremony. He also aged so quickly, he looked so old so quickly
"From that nice close-up of Arthur Ashe, we see the watermelon-colored shirt and he's wearing red socks, of all things, on the Center Court...Times have changed!" 🤣🤦🏽♂️🤣
Could you please upload Sharapova vs. Lisicki 2014? I‘m Maria‘s biggest German fan and it would be sooo awesome to see this match in 1080p! Maria‘s night session outfit was the best ever! Thank you, you are doing a fantastic job!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Q 4 those who might v know . Was Arthur Ashe the 1sr African American 2 play Tennis at the top level ? Bjorn Borg was an absolute super star. Retired at 26 because he lost his desire. True 2 himself . So many fabulous top 10-20 players way back then . Thx kindly 4 sharing
@@soumenchatterjee35055 The final year of grass at Kooyong was in 1987, after which it moved to Melbourne Park for the 1988 tournament on hard court, where it has been played ever since.
Ashe was doing Ashe to a " t ." nothing to see here folks .... except a young Borg already exhibiting the next era of tennis ... Just a superior game to the earlier generation. Ashe - as we know - was an extremely superior intellect and we would guess he would have won against young Borg if he had enuf time to understand his game. of course by one year later there would have been no tactic to win. a notable here is Borg serve which is flat and strong.
The quick pace, no nonsense, unselfishness, unassuming, professional demeanor is great.
I was ONLY a few years younger than Borg.
I grew up in Forest Hills, the stadium was walking distance from my house.
Great times!
Miss them!🥲
Presumably, you're STILL only a few years younger than Borg?
@archstanton1733
Wise guy, huh,?! yuk yuk yuk
Bjorn Borg, tennis’ first rock star.
I love the no-nonsense attitude of not taking time before a serve by these two players.
Not just these two - I don't remember any players from those times taking the amount of time today's players do before the serve, and before a second serve.
No towels.
Well, I am 42 now and I whenever I push myself for some serious hard hitting strokes with my 30 year old partners, it wears me out in an hour. but, when I play with 50 year old , I can play for 3 hours without much exhaustion. Today's game is way faster just like todays cars vs 100 year old car technology. So, players thus need some time to catch their breadth in between the points during serves.
But gee..dont you just like seeing a player tuck and adjust his shirt, wipe his eyebrows and forehead, then bounce the ball 20 times before serving?..Robert at 66.
@@bobmalack481 Well, players focus more on winning the match , that's their profession without breaking any tennis rules. They don't give any thoughts that some spectators are in some way bothered by the among of time they take in between the games. When I watch the tennis match I am always thrilled by the quality of shots they make during the match and I am least bothered by the time they take in between the points.
No messing around between serves, quiet and respectful crowd and a primarily a finesse game. Much more fun to watch than the non-stop power game today.
Love the on screen graphics no fancy gimmicks or advertising just the scores
Borg might have the most Slams if he continued to play. We will never know. But he was a great player and a joy to watch. Ashe also awesome. Great match
5 W and 6 RG titles before his 26th birthday...retired
It's part of the problem of comparing generations. Grand slams just weren't as important back then. The Australian open wasn't considered a major tournament and most of the big players, Borg included, skipped it regularly. The French open too had lots of players missing in the 70s because of team tennis. It's really only a modern thing that we've started judging players by number of slams.
@@zeddeka thanks to ...or because of Roger...Rafa and that #1...:-) :-) they all and the social media ...
@@jayap3557 No. All the four slams became more appreciated in the 80s. Way before Nadal and Federer. When they started in the 2000s, ATP and ITF were already very well established.
Back then, it was not normal to play after the 30s.
@@zeddeka Yea, pro tennis, before this kept players out - Poncho G. missed a lot , 15 years in his peak wasn't allowed at the 'grand slams'. I think, in the silly ' goat' talk, he might have been the best..... impossible to say actually , how much does modern racquet and even more STRING technology change things - 25 % + ?
Love watching these historic matches and the massive disparity in racquet technology compared to today. It’s night and day.
It's fake tennis...
Sounds like they might break any minute...
The difference in strings was even bigger. But don't forget: the grass at Forest Hills was like a ploughed field eg compared to modern Wimbledon grass - loads of odd bounces, shooting, checking, keeping low etc.
But I have to say that these two look a bit sloppy with their technique and footwork. It wasn't just all the equipment tech.........
@@donbudge6706 Fake tennis? You mean BEST tennis.Give me 70s 80s 90s any day over the one dimensional slugging of both men and women's game today
@@markwhitman9029 Real tennis died in September of 1984 when all four men's semifinalists used oversized graphite raquets for the first time at a Grand Slam. Borg vs. McEnroe was the greatest rivalry in tennis. Modern tennis is FAKE tennis. Engineered beyond recognition of the Classic Era.
It saddens me that many people have forgotten how important Tennis from the 1970s is for the world as we know it today in the year 2023.
I’m now 60! Loved watching tennis in the 70’s and 80’s it’s why I’m here. I still have my Donnay Borg wooden racket and I still use it. Those were the days 😊
@@zedearl5181i am amazed borg used his wooden racquet to beat ivan lendl in 1981 lencl using graphite racquet.
What a great share from the magnificent 70s. Thank you!
I was fortunate to be at Forest Hills for Borg's debut in the qualifying for the US Open in 1972. I saw Borg play Emerson on a side court near the clubhouse. Emmo won in 4 close sets.
I saw Borg play Trey Waltke in 1975 at Forrest Hills
Wow that’s amazing
John McEnroe was a ballboy for that match
many said at the time that it was the clash of generations, the force of the 60s and the coming force of the seventies
I’m so jealous!
Boy, never saw Borg play at 17, wow what power on the serve, shot making and mature mental game already. No wonder he became number 1 in world 77,78,79 and 80.
The camera angle and closeness to the action shows clearly how hard these guys can hit it!
Indeed. Had the US Open kept its grass courts, I'm sure he would've won a bunch of them. Unfortunately for him, they switched to hard courts and night games from 1978 onwards. He hated playing on hard courts and under lights at night.
Well he never won on the grass or the clay at the US Open either so there is no guarantee he would have won any US Opens no matter what the surface was.
70年代後半ごろ、どんなにまたこの時期の試合を観たいと思ってもかないませんでした。たった数年前なのに。
2024年、50年後の今、タダでいくらでも観れる幸運に感謝！ 画質がとても良い！
Yes, i was impressed with the quality because you could see the ball well. Unlike some other vintage videos I’ve seen.
I feel exactly the same. I’m 60 now and to watch as much tennis as I like is unreal. I’ve never been happier 😊
Those who make fun about the speed of the game back in the days should try to play with wooden rackets!
How about the fact that whole game was about Volleys and nothing else.
They spoilt Tennis when they allowed bigger rackets to be used!
@@chinmaynaik3651 Not true
And then they should go out and try to play one of those guys. These guys are hitting with the maximum spin and power that their equipment allowed.
Actually that serve by Borg was strong by modern standards. Not trusting my eyes I looked it up an apparently he was hitting in the 120s to 130mph... with a wood racquet. Made McEnroe look like a chump in comparison.
Borg really had some pop on the serve even with those rackets.
Yeah, he had a really live arm
He served better as a teen than later on
That ace to go 5-3 up in the fourth set went like a rifle bullet.
BB showing a touch more emotion- and charging the net on 2nd serves! Wow how he changed after that. Great stuff.
The elegance (can't think of a better word) of these two was almost eye-popping. Beautiful to watch.
Borg had a great serve even as early as this. Fantastic video. Thanks 😊
I remember my uncle had one of those A Ashe head racquets... just a beautiful piece of art.
Kinda hard to play with though.
You had to hit the ball much more precisely with those old rackets because the sweet spot was so small. I wonder what their ball speed was compared to today.
@@Mote78 someone I know has a rac. That he got from Arthur ash. He has a rac. From Agassi too.
@@Rachel-gt3fd
Wow, impressive collection.
@@Mote78 he has one from B Borg too. But Borg never hit with it. He laughed at it and gave it to anyone who would want it. It had really weird strings in it. Look very rough. A kid I taught tennis got to have a American tennis player rac. That he won the doubles title in the french open. I told the kid ( Diego) to just save the rac.
Great video. Borg was unique and the first superstar of tennis, appealing to a wider audience beyond the sport.
Yeah his appeal went beyond Tennis.
Absolutely, the Operative word here, UNIQUE. He was my favorite player to watch. His style and just say it. Male beauty.
Connors was the first superstar of tennis.
@@lawrence1318 Suzanne Leglen
@@lawrence1318 You could argue Nastase was the first, but Borg took it to a transcendent level, as Ashe said, "he was bigger than the game, like Elvis or Elizabeth Taylor or something"
Bjorn worked out his demons when he was younger and is a true icon in tennis history.
Borg has a wood Raquet and Ashe has metal.
The first rock star of tennis.Women went mad for him when he burst on the scene.70's my era.He was king of tennis.Similar to Georg Best really.We never found out how great they could have been.
Borg wearing Addidas looks funny. No Fila
as a straight dude even I swooned over Bjorn, he just had a look and was so chill about it all.
Feels like a whole different sport. Great content !
It's a different world... just look at how much better behaved the crowd was.
Tell that to nole and rafita 🙄
Big time, lots of early era players with significantly better serves than current, but they were using mental difficult equipment in comparison. Most have no idea how much more difficult this game was than modern.
fun to watch these........... now, I never watch. Ever.
A pleasure to watch. The pace is nice and quick, serve and volley, skill as much as power. Modern tennis is less interesting, in my opinion.
Nadal must look at how fast Borg delivers his serves and wonder what on earth is going on. It can only be 5 seconds between them. (Ashe too, to be fair)
So nice , wow, Björn played Serve & Volley like Edberg
Man considering the rackets they were using they were definitely serving bullets!!! Now that is talent! My friend has a antique wood racket he likes to hit with for fun and I tried it and was like wth LOL! Very hard to hit with, so what these GREATS are doing is truly remarkable!!
Quelle belle qualité d'image !
Superbe document, où l'on voit pratiquement que du service-volée. A. Ashe avait un grand service et B. Borg était très jeune et avait de bons passing shot.
Love how they talked about Vijay Amritraj in the same breath as Borg. Couldn't reach those heights as goat Borg, but lovely to hear:)
I was thinking that too
Loved watching Vijay and his brother Anand with my dad.
@@redbluffman3278 all of that family played tennis...Vijay, Anand and Ashok... now apparently they are part of hollywood and one of their next-gen does commentary - zoom podcast etc...
@@jayap3557 vijay' son - name is prakash - also played on the ATP tour
I got to play three days with Anand. Great guy.
My idol I was 12 then and modeled my game after him and I'm 61 today still people to this day comment about how much topspin I can put on the ball on both wings...my Borg
How did you feel on July 4th 1981, and September 13th 1981🤔
Borg was my idol growing up in the 70’s. To this day and I’m now 60 I still love
tennis. I had all the gear, Fila shirt, shorts, diadora tennis shoes and the Borg Pro tennis racket which I still own and play with. My other racket is a Babolat. There was no grunting, play was slower and the crowd were calmer. I truly miss those days 😞
Yeah. Borg inspired me to get into tennis. I even had the Donnay Borg Pro racquets in the 8th grade. Unfortunately, they had 4 5/8" grips! I play with 4 3/8" now. :) I feel lucky to have watched him play in a singles exhibition at the Cow Palace in SF. He was starting his comeback at the time.
@@williewasahippie i had a 4 5/8 grip racket someone gave me......... was too thick to hold
but i used it FOR YEARS to dig out boogers from my snot........
@@AsifKhan-hf9zy You must have large nostrils?
@@williewasahippie😂😂😂😂
Major crush of my life. Saw him in person at an exhibition match against Connors in Richmond, Va. not long before he retired. He is why I became a huge fan of the game. Loved Juan Martin del Potro, Federer and now Medvedev, but my heart will always belong to Borg.
Me too! My all time favorite tennis player. A rock star!
My all time crush in the 70’s and still is. Loved the man!
Wooden racket be darned. Borg was ripping his serves with serious pace and spin. What a player. He led the way for all we have now.
How much better behaved was that crowd? How much quicker was the play between points? Not all changes are for the better.
these days we have...fake tennis!
If they didn’t make the courts so slow players could be quicker between points. Best of five set tennis was designed for quicker courts. They either need to change to best of three or best of five with a tiebreak in place of the fifth set, or speed up the courts. There’s no way you can win many matches in the year, play a full schedule and have your body not fall apart with how physical and gruelling the matches have become. Novak gets away with it as he is allowed to play only 12 tournaments a year. Look how Murray and Nadal’s bodies gave up on them, and Roger’s too eventually.
Obviously you missed the several guys leaving the stands midgame towards the end of the match
Borg in the afternoon daylight looking as secure as he did at Wimbledon and Roland Garros. He hated playing under lights when the U.S. Open added night time sessions a couple of years later.
Borg retired because he said it wasn't fun anymore at 26.All time great!Great attitude.
Borg - serve and volley? Wow…he adjusted to a different game later. What class both of these men…!
Yes, but yo can see the poor quality of the court. Extremly low bouncing and the bounce of the ball was often not predictable.
Borg's return stance really changes as he matures later in his career. His legs are very close together on the return in this match, but later on, he straddles outward for better reach.
And stands 10-12 feet back.
Which Medvedev has revitalized. @@tomloft2000
At first I was like "Why is there an American chair umpire official at Wimbledon??" lol. Early 70s seemed almost like a club atmosphere in tennis. Kind of endearing.
Even crazier is US Open was on Har Tru green clay from 1975-77. This gave Connors a record that will NEVER be broken as Connors won the US Open on grass in 1974, clay in 1976 and hard court in 1978, 1982 and 1983. No player will ever win again on 3 different surfaces.
You were "like". Sheerest witter!
For those of us who were alive back then, isnt it amazing how much thinner we were collectively? 😊
Yes it is.
Haha 😂totally agree
Two classy professional tennis players. No whining, no screaming, no grunting, no arguing. I miss those days.
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john mcenroe has entered and shat
this was the first meeting between the two legends!
and thru Ashe's prime remaining years till the end of 1975, they played each other a whopping 13 more times
and they were tied 7-7 in that period of 28 months, with only one more GS meeting, Ashes win over Borg in 1975 Wimbeldon!
before the start of Borg's amazing run at Wimbeldon 1976-1981 ............... so surprisingly close rivalry by Ashe despite losing this match
Borg, my all time favourite player.
Great hearing Jack Kramer commenting
Thank you for sharing US Open
Borg et son immense talent
Ashe au toucher de balle et au jeu d’ attaque de rêve
Borg qui pratiquait le service-volée à l'époque.
This is just so cool. I had no idea Borg was pro this early. Seems bizarre I was only eight yrs old in 73.
Me too!
Yup, me too. Only became aware of Borg when he started winning Wimbledon from 1976.
@@andrejones4999 I turned nine in Sept 1973. I hadn't yet discovered tennis, as far as I can recall. But I remember being a Borg fan a few years later.
There is something endearingly casual and informal about using both 9's and 6's as 6's for Borg's game scores (at 18:51).
The Hawkeye is definitively the best invention since the washing machine
Amazing to see the body language of a great veteran such as Ashe. He looks like, “Well, I might as well catch the 5:30 out of LaGuardia.” He sees the future of men’s tennis across the net from him.
2:32 Arthus Ashe "watermelon colored shirt." Not sure what kind of watermelon that announcer eats. C'mon maaaan.
Wow this is before Bjorg went to that famous Donnay racquet and the US Open was played on grass. It's amazing how technology has changed the speed of the game.
I had one of those Slazenger rackets, loved that racket. Later Borg switched to Donnay
Amazing how the game has changed!
Borg's wooden racket weighs over 400 grams and has a sweet spot the size of a pea. Considering that, the swing speed was amazing.
It is very much like in golf with the wooden drivers the pro’s used to play with, both have tiny sweet spots so the contact has to be very precise. With the newer technology players swung more aggressively and could afford to because with new technology what would of been a bad mishit, is now a perfectly solid shot.
Björn Borg playing one-handed backhands to that extent? Wow.
Yep & all of us kids who played in the 1970’s were taught to use 1 handed backhand!
That was not usuallay the case in Sweden post-Borg.@@ninamc6116
He actually played a semi two handed backhand. The backswing he did with two hands, and he also hit the ball with two hands, but the rest of the follow through he did with one hand.
Wow fifty years ago days of Forest hills and Grassy courts I think I still have my wooden racket somewhere at home
I’ve still got my Borg Pro Donnay racquet from the 80’s
This is great to see.
Bjorn Borg is my all time favorite! I loved him. Awesome player & a babe ❤💋😘
I didn't know that Borg served and volley. I thought he was a baseliner. Thanks for uploading.
Borg couldn't have won 5 straight Wimbledons without that serve and volley aspect of his game.
It is like Elvis vs.Berry. or similar,whatever conotation you can come up with. Such a class,finesse and immense tallent.
It's like a shooting match compared to today's boxing matches. I love both.
Great match. Real pop on both players' serves. Forest Hills grass courts and country club atmosphere so much better than Flushing Meadows hard courts and concrete bowl.
certainly a big difference the Stadiums are just huge.
My fav player borg, best forhand topspin!!!!
I like the flip scorecard at the end. Just like my club back in the 80's - even to the different "6"`s, lol.
Borg with a mullet....wow. Still looks handsome though. Nice power on that serve for using a woody.
He was actually growing his hair out, but he kept the front trimmed. There were no mullets in the 70s.
Every time the commentator says "Arthur Ashe" I'm thinking he's talking about the stadium.
Somehow they managed to play quickly and without grunting. :)
they did nt even pick on the seam of their underwear? bizarre.........
are these professional athletes or amateurs?
The wooden rackets were tough to play with. Because of Borg all us kids who started playing in the 70’s learned 1 handed backhand, including the girls
It's a shame tennis did not protect its classic standards like baseball and golf. Even car racing establishes rules that protect a set standard.
The think that’s best about the slower rackets is that it allows variety in the game. You had baselines, serve and volley, and all court players. Now everyone is the same, it’s just who is hitting better on that day, no strategy, just bang away.
I never realized Ashe was so funky but hey It was the 70's 😜
Right! Before he hurt his shoulder he could really serve. And a really impressive second serve in both speed AND kick.
Have to laugh, these guys take 5 seconds to put a serve in, when did it change that current pro's have to take 20 seconds. Great points from both sides
Come on Bjorn (pretending that i've never seen this before)!
You can win.
Ashe had a great serve and backhand
Bjorn Borg is a century player
I've played both those racquets and let me tell you it's a massive difference in accuracy, power/control, sensation > rallies with today's equipment.
Ashe was using a Head arthur ashe signature competition 2 with VS natural gut which was a Mustang like combination
That flat model of Head always felt like a sponge when i used them once or twice. Very flexible racquet with a lot of power but i couldn’t feel anything. The Spalding that Borg was using i never used but if it was like most of the heavy wood racquets like the Dunlop Volley they were predictable and had some power if you middled it, and lots of feel on volleys. Nothing like today’s axes though. Thought i’d died and gone to heaven when i tested the latest stuff after taking tennis up again after a couple of decades away.
I've owned Tretorn, Spalding and Donnay racquets. With wood shape, with less skill than these champions, the control was hard ! Nowadays, the racquets are kind of perfection and that's why we can't expect lot of players with service-volley.
Great video quality by the way
US open on grass😱wow
And they played us open on clay 1975-1977
@@MrRazorblade999 now that's more interesting
at one time the French was the only major tournament that wasn't played on grass.
The U.S. Open and the Australian Open should still be played on grass.
@@seveglider8406 The problem was neither the US or Australian grass courts were of the same standard as Wimbledon. Many bad bounces and two-paced courts, which drove the players crazy. Maybe it was the greater heat and humidity in Australia and the US in summer than in England which caused it, or maybe it was because they didn't have the care and attention that the Wimbledon ground staff have. It's sad though, I wish they were all still grass!
What racquet is Borg using here? This is the pre Donnay / Bancroft era for Borg! The printed “S” on the strings, suggests Spalding!
Slazenger
I participated in an Arthur Ashe tennis camp in 1969......
Quite an experience....
Quite the gentleman
Bjorn Borg burned out and retired at 26 years old. That’s the age of an athlete’s prime. I still don’t understand why Borg left the game he loved so much.
you just said it he burned out. Also he didn't want to lose any more slams
Watch the McEnroe doco and you get an idea how burnt out he was that when he lost that last US open final to McEnroe he didn’t even go to the presentation ceremony. He also aged so quickly, he looked so old so quickly
"From that nice close-up of Arthur Ashe, we see the watermelon-colored shirt and he's wearing red socks, of all things, on the Center Court...Times have changed!" 🤣🤦🏽♂️🤣
Can’t say I have ever heard watermelon used to describe a color.
@@mbach1187 Same.
Seems subtly racist, in retrospect. Not sure about "subtly," as I think about it.
Then I recall he came to NZ in '74(or might have been this year '73) and beat our top player Onny Parun. Borg hitting his straps.
Borg is surprisingly agressive. Attacks a lot.
Cold as ice
Could you please upload Sharapova vs. Lisicki 2014? I‘m Maria‘s biggest German fan and it would be sooo awesome to see this match in 1080p! Maria‘s night session outfit was the best ever! Thank you, you are doing a fantastic job!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Simp
@@mikerzisu9508 ikr he’s a simp
@@s_sehaj_yt12 but who asked you?
@@vedantkini3032 when did I ever care if u asked or not?
@@s_sehaj_yt12 then why did u say.....ikr?
Q 4 those who might v know . Was Arthur Ashe the 1sr African American 2 play Tennis at the top level ? Bjorn Borg was an absolute super star. Retired at 26 because he lost his desire. True 2 himself . So many fabulous top 10-20 players way back then . Thx kindly 4 sharing
Athea Gibson was first black slam winner 1950's
@@coastallad1010 thx Steve . Arthur Ashe was a Gem . A real gentleman.
We played just wasn’t allowed to advance
How is the video so clear?
Incredible match 👏
Is it like everyone played at that times serve and volley style ? So nice to watch ...
Grass at the US Open! I think the surface changed the following year.
Wow 🤩
Us open was a grass court event then !!!
Yeah, pretty cool. :-)
1974 was the last year it was played on grass. 1975-77 on Har-tru at Forest Hills. Flushing Meadows in 1978 - present on hard courts...
@@johnrobbins917 same with Aussie open I think was a grass court event before it became a hard court event
All majors except the French were on grass at one time.
@@soumenchatterjee35055 The final year of grass at Kooyong was in 1987, after which it moved to Melbourne Park for the 1988 tournament on hard court, where it has been played ever since.
Did I hear Right ? the commentator said that Ashe had a "Watermelon" colored shirt on ??? Wow !!!
Right, lol. What inference!!
Wow how tennis have changed over the years!,,,,,,
Everyone so PROFESSIONAL back then 6:01
I love how they only bounce the ball once before serving not like now where it is more like a dozen bounces.
Ashe was doing Ashe to a " t ." nothing to see here folks .... except a young Borg already exhibiting the next era of tennis ... Just a superior game to the earlier generation. Ashe - as we know - was an extremely superior intellect and we would guess he would have won against young Borg if he had enuf time to understand his game. of course by one year later there would have been no tactic to win. a notable here is Borg serve which is flat and strong.
rare greenhorn Borg video. thanks
Tennis is a noble sport.
Grass court! Wow!