I was a huge Ivan Lendl fan growing up. He change the modern game and to hear him recount point after point during this interview gives you a glimpse into the mindset of a professional athlete oh by the way Lendl speaks 5 languages so he understood everything the interviewer was saying.
I thought he spoke 6 languages. But you would find that he is better in some than in others. He goes okay in English, and he'll converse more efficiently in that than Swahili, even though he can get by in Swahili. Same with the Scandinavians, such as the Swedes and Danes. They are taught English, and can do it, but they much prefer their native dialects.
Very similar score to their world team match in 1985. 6-7, 7-6,. 6-3. McEnroe played really well against Lendl on red clay in 1984,1985 and 1988. He was a underrated clay court player
He was! He held a match point in that 1985 encounter, and lost just one other match (by default) in three World Team Cup appearances, beating the likes of Lendl (in 1984), Clerc, Higueras, Aguilera, Sanchez and Jaite.
MacEnroe was a unique player, comparing him with others doesn't make sense because nobody ever played like he did. He had the greatest wrist ever, people say his technique was simple so why wasn't he copied ? We watch tennis because we want to dream and John was a magician doing sleight of hand with a tennis ball. Today's players are fit and strong but there isn't much difference in style. Times change.
well said, tennis looks boring today compared to that golden era and to be honest I have been at the french open during the 80s 90s and in recent years , nothing to compare in term of excitement it was, not even close
Johan Cruijff once said playing simple football is the hardest thing to do. It requires immense skill and talent. I guess that also works in tennis. Players like McEnroe and Federer make it look so easy because they are insanely talented.
@@robbie192not completely…his level went way up once he transitioned to graphite…he took like a year off in his prime…that’s what really caused his decline. His game was perfect for his time
John was an artist on the court, imo the best in that way. I tried to base my own game on his. We will never see another tennis player like him he is unique in that sense.
Agreed. And unless courts are sped up again we are unlikely to see a less powerful 'artistic' player like McEnroe again. When a player like Federer loses on grass to Nadal, you know courts are too slow.
Match of stunning quality! But it's made that extra special because of the contrast of styles that was still IN BALANCE. The magic of Johnny Mac was in full display here in way that Roger can never equal with Rafa. Modern technology and bio-mechanics and Phisio training completely tipped the balance in favour of the styles ushered by Lendl ! P.S. While these were/are my two favourite players of the era - I feel an urge to string my Max 200G with low tension syn Gut (Nat Gut?) and go out and try a bit of that magic :-)
Well, I don't understand why no limits are set when it comes to racket technology. In baseball you have to use a wooden bat. Remember the 1990s when players like Sampras came along and just dominated with their serve? It was unwatchable. Now it's just pure baseline tennis and super huge rackets. The contrast of styles made tennis so good.
@@luperamos7307 Also, it's not like people didn't see it coming. McEnroe and Connors (among others) repeatedly talked about the danger of tennis becoming more and more one-dimensional ("the young guys hit it hard, and if that doesn't work, they hit it harder"). As a matter of fact, even the 1990s, enjoyable as the still were on occasion, were already a huge backwards step. Just compare a match like this to any Agassi-Courier encounter, and you'll see what I mean. Today, tennis is borderline unwatchable. It's great in terms of statistics, but the actual game is but a shadow of what it used to be.
Lendl is the my hero, lendl is the greatest player of all time. If he plays same play in this generation player and he will be the highest Grand Slam champion, it's my dream to meet lendl in one day
LOL "Lendl is the greatest player of all time." Please. He was a great player - but there is literally not a single person on earth that could take someone seriously that said Lendl is the "greatest player of all time." He's not. And not a single metric says he is even close.
@@smitchix1 Well, he still holds a lot of records, for ex 5(!!!) years with over 90% match wins, no one else in the history of the game was that consistent even Federer had only 3 such seasons. I am not saying Lendl is the greatest, I don't think so. But he has the numbers to be in the conversation at least.
@@smitchix1 Ever played with that Adidas GTX Pro or Dunlop Max 200? I doubt, that Djokovic or Nadal would have won 20 Grand Slam tournaments with racquets of that era.
Trois matchs et trois victoires de Lendl sur Mac enroe à Roland Garros,1981 3sets ,84 5 sets et une finale de légende et ce match en 88 match électrique sur deux jours ....
@@MrArnote McEnroe était encore solide jusqu'à l'open d'Australie 85..et encore je pense qu'une défaite face à Leconte, qui lui était supérieur ce jour là, à Melbourne, lui aurait rendu service, car l'américain vécu un long calvaire au tour suivant face à Zivojinovic....
This match was played by Lendl as a final and mentally worn him out. Notice how he smiles very relaxed in the final interview (which is very unusual for him). In fact, in the next round he was eliminated
In today's tennis everybody hugs the baseline and (practically) no one has a one-handed backhand. It makes no difference what you surface you play today in terms of an advantage. Tennis was so much better during the 80's and 90's.
@@valeriocostantini1959 Comparing with Edbergs backhand? No he has not. Beckers forehand? Nowere close. Compare Becker 17 years old with him in Wimbledon 85..
@@SuperHammaren Yes but he had better forehand than Edberg and still a good backhand, while Edberg had an horrible forehand. Edberg wasn't a complete player at the baseline. Becker had good backhand and forehand but best Mcenroe ( like the one we see in the first tiebreak here) could compete with him.
McEnroe’s biggest strength was his ability to take the ball on the rise taking time away from you. As years went by, he lost (due to age) the spring on his first step to the ball which at this level is crucial.
Ivan Lendl reached finals in French Open in 1982,1984,1985,1986,1987,and won thrice in 1984,1986,1987 but lost in 1982 to Borg in five sets and to Wilander in 1985 in four sets.In the above match McEnroe played very well,perhaps best on Paris clay court,some how it was not sufficient to defeat Ivan Lendl on his favourite surface.In Tennis history the rivalry between John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl was one of the best,if not the best.Spectators all over the world use to eagerly wait for their show down.Nowadays eventhouh we have three all time great champions Federer,Nadal and Diojkovic there is no rivalry and they play like friends, for this entire credit should go to Federer as he is exemplary in his sportsman spirit followed by Nadal and Diojkovic.They won 60 grand slam titles together (20 each) and played 89 grand slam finals(Federer 31, Diojkovic 30,Nadal,28) between 2003-2021 and spectators are not involving much as the results are always in expected lines.The youngsters should become much more competitive otherwise interest would wane among Spectators in Tennis,With due respect to Federer,Nadal and Diojkovic who are the most successful champions and considered all time greatest I would like to make following the competition in Men's Tennis from 1980 to 2000 was much more tougher with players like Borg, Connors, McEnroe,Lendl,Wilander,Edberg,Becker,Sampras,Agassi than 2001-2021 which was entirely dominated by only Federer,Nadal,Diojkovic and Andy Murray
By mid/late 80's Mac slowed down half a step, especially at net. Too much messing around, celebrity, getting mixed up with Tatum O'neal, slacking off on training, learning/playing guitar with bands. Flipside-Lendl went on a strict practice, diet, fitness, and court stategy regimine SOLELY to turn the tables on Mcenroe after the early 80's.
McEnroe the genius.... Look, he the way he hit the ball, always mixing it all up, never really hitting the ball actually, sometime he was even just brushing the ball.... Any of you used to use his racket, and stringed them at 55lbs? 😀 Those nostalgic years....
McEnroe the petulant! Granted, his knowledge of the game is superb, but his antics on the court, a la Jimmy Connors over the years were ridiculous. The human factor in any sport swings both ways. At the recent 2018 US Open, the umpire came down from the chair to speak to a player in clear violation of umpire rules. McEnroe defended the umpire! The height of hypocrisy!. Can you imagine if it was done for his opponent who went on to beat big MAC! Shame on you, Chrisy, for not calling him out on his comment.
Troisième fois que ces joueurs se rencontrent à Roland Garros ils sont à leur sommet encore,cette année un Lendl numéro et favori,il gagne encore ce match terrible .
I thought that Lendl dropped out of the 1988 French Open, presumably to prepare for Wimbledon, that being the one which he did not have. Must have been a year or so later that he did such.
Had there been no rain delay during the first day of the 1988 French Open 4th Round match between McEnroe and Lendl, McEnroe would have probably defeated Lendl because Lendl served poorly on the first day of that match missing a lot of first serves. McEnroe was winning a lot of points attacking Lendl's 2nd serve. But when they resumed the match the next day in sunny weather, Lendl's serve and game were absolutely sharp and he defeated McEnroe.
Has to be said though that McEnroe was lacking match play and fitness. His form was bound to deteriorate the longer the match went on. The delay helped him just as much as it hurt him - it gave him time to rest.
@ Jason Cowell. First, I doubt that chair umpire Richard Ings "hated" John McEnroe despite their verbal confrontation during a McEnroe match at the U.S. Open early in Ings' chair umpiring career, although no chair umpire, obviously, liked to be verbally abused by McEnroe. Second, Richard Ings was not the chair umpire in the 1988 French Open 4th Round match between McEnroe and Lendl! Rich Kauffman was the chair umpire for that match! Third, the point that you are probably referring to was the one in which Lendl hit a shot that landed on or very close to McEnroe's baseline on the deuce court side of McEnroe's side of the court during the second set tiebreaker. This videotape of part of that match doesn't show the discussion by McEnroe with Kauffman over the baselinesman's call of good on Lendl's forehand that hit on or near McEnroe's baseline, but as I recall, McEnroe asked Kauffman to ask the baselinesman to go check the mark and Kauffman didn't order the baselinesman to check the mark. That was the mistake Kauffman made. And he himself (Kauffman) should have gotten out of the chair to check for the mark on or near the baseline to verify if the baselinesman made the correct call on that point.
Lendl also had a nasty chest injury against Svensson that restricted his reach and required ongoing treatment with ice sprays. 1988 was a pretty horrific year for him injury wise. In early 1988 he had a stress fracture in his foot, he got the chest injury here, a thigh injury at Wimbledon and then later in 1988 he needed surgery on his shoulder.
Incroyable le nombre de balles litigieuses qui ont impacté le score....John a souvent été volé au cours de sa carrière. Comment ne pas péter un câble après ça......
Lendl played McEnroe 3 times at the French, never lost 81, 84, 88....84 being the most memorable. Lendl should have at least made the final here but a relatively unknown swede called Svennson knocked him out in the next round.
@5:16 Mcenroe yells "Could that make MORE noise at a more inappropriate time?"...Absolutely right...his serve ran into some fucking metal wall that caused a BOOM like a god damn construction site....its a tie break...silence enhances the drama..its the French Open...
How is it Americans are never thought how to move on clay? Well, apart from Currier. Mac and Agassi did well considering they refused to slide into the shot.
Denis Daly there are very few red clay courts in america. Also, the grips americans use are generally for faster surfaces with lower bounces. Americans tend to be more aggressive which isn't always good on slow clay. Especially the slow clay of the 1980's. Agassi won 1 French open and lost in 2 finals so he did better than ok
John's game works on lightning reflexes, but he loses a step in post-1989 and his level of play on clay drops dramatically. No more GS singles, but he does win GS doubles. Is John McEnroe the best doubles player of all time?
How does on feel a tension through youtube? So what do you reckon - 14kg? 13kg? You do realise that no pro in history has ever strung at any tension that low even with modern low-tension-friendly strings?
What mistake?? the line-judge called out (unfortunate for sure), but the umpire called correction and ordered to replay the point ! no mistake by the umpire, only bad luck by Johnny Mac.
The point should have been called for Mac. It was called out after Lendl made contact and it looked like Lendl's shot was short of the net. It was a mistake to play two.
It’s partly to do with the fact that he uses a continental forehand grip, a grip more suitable for slice backhand and volleys and serves in some cases. Basically this grip isn’t designed to generate power with heavy top spin like Lendl Leconte Gasquet Federer or Wavrinka. Mac compensated with amazing touch and a very loose strung racket generating his power by taking the ball early after the bounce. His style of play and shot making was also very economical and perhaps too casual if not lazy or careless at times.... But you’re right the way he goes about hitting a tennis ball is certainly very different than anyone I’ve seen at the top level in the history of the game. There is a video of him playing basketball and even then he looks awkward but ever so efficient
Why shake the hand of the ump who clearly stole a couple of key points on your favor? In any case Mac would hardly ever shake the hands of the umpires, except one or two he knew well and respected.
tennis was more interesting and amusing at that time. After Nastase and Mc Enroe, the only player who has been so talented is Federer. The others hit very strong, run very fast, but.............
Seems like roach told lendl to stay way back on serve and then come in hard it worked in 84 and 88 sux John lost in 84 he was up 2 sets kudos to roach and the precision of lendl
FO ? ..... laissez la force aux ouvriers!!! C'est vachement fute-fute de mettre le score sous la vidéo !!!! Non?! hein?! non?! hein dis t'en penses quoi ? juste entre nous.... hein d'inscrire le score sous la vidéo... de regarder un match où qu'on connait déjà le score tu trouves çà malin ? hein dis.....t'as pensé à çà ? hein?! ...... Et py FO c'est qui ? non seulement on sait pas ce que c'est maisen + on connait le résultat avant la 1 ère balle!!! qui commence à.... 6-6!! SPORTIIIIF!!
Lendl’s was 6’2,195 which makes him bigger than nadal and federer. Boris Becker-6’3, Stefan Edberg-6’2, Mecir-6’5. These players from the 80’s and 90’s weren’t as small as you seem to think.
björn michels muscle weighs. Being heavy for tennis is not a good idea. Plus, muscled players fatigue after a couple of hours. Tennis players often need to go 3,4,5 and close to 6 hours.
Sacré handicap 😂 mais remarque très juste Mac n’avait aucune envie de jouer les filières longues ni de s’adapter à la rigueur physique de la technique moderne qui demande beaucoup plus d’effort que de jouer à une prise unique et un cordage très peu tendu et puis il n’avait pas d’entraîneur ni d’équipe pour le soutenir etc… quel personnage
Funny watching this match and think that Nadal would wipe the court with these guys, I still lpve all 3 of them, vintage tennis, did lendle understand all that French BS
Nadal with a racquet and strings from the 80’s playing on this extremely slow court; he would both ave dominated these guys. He would probably still beat McEnroe but it would be very close. Lendl would have a very good chance and probably beat him.
His game from the '80s wouldn't work. But who's to say, with today's bigger more powerful rackets, that he wouldn't adapt his game to a more modern approach?
It´s plain ridiculous to assume that "his game from the 80´s wouldn´t work". Guys like Lendl pretty much played today´s game, only with different equipment, and more variety. Back in the day, if they couldn´t overpower McEnroe with big serves, they usually didn´t have much chance. And that could very well be the same with today´s stars. I don´t see how Nadal or Djokovic could outserve him, and they certainly couldn´t outfinesse him.. so they might very well find themselves on the losing side of things.
This is so good, the contrast in style and personality is pure theater. I love roger and rafa but this is on another level.
McEnroe’s ability to take the ball early even on clay is amazing
I was a huge Ivan Lendl fan growing up. He change the modern game and to hear him recount point after point during this interview gives you a glimpse into the mindset of a professional athlete oh by the way Lendl speaks 5 languages so he understood everything the interviewer was saying.
I thought he spoke 6 languages. But you would find that he is better in some than in others. He goes okay in English, and he'll converse more efficiently in that than Swahili, even though he can get by in Swahili. Same with the Scandinavians, such as the Swedes and Danes. They are taught English, and can do it, but they much prefer their native dialects.
Very similar score to their world team match in 1985. 6-7, 7-6,. 6-3. McEnroe played really well against Lendl on red clay in 1984,1985 and 1988. He was a underrated clay court player
He was! He held a match point in that 1985 encounter, and lost just one other match (by default) in three World Team Cup appearances, beating the likes of Lendl (in 1984), Clerc, Higueras, Aguilera, Sanchez and Jaite.
Le style de john est tellement unique et génial qui le differencie de tout les autres...
MacEnroe was a unique player, comparing him with others doesn't make sense because nobody ever played like he did. He had the greatest wrist ever, people say his technique was simple so why wasn't he copied ? We watch tennis because we want to dream and John was a magician doing sleight of hand with a tennis ball. Today's players are fit and strong but there isn't much difference in style. Times change.
well said, tennis looks boring today compared to that golden era and to be honest I have been at the french open during the 80s 90s and in recent years , nothing to compare in term of excitement it was, not even close
You get that Mac was not a great player after 85 and his style was best suited for the older rackets...
Johan Cruijff once said playing simple football is the hardest thing to do. It requires immense skill and talent. I guess that also works in tennis. Players like McEnroe and Federer make it look so easy because they are insanely talented.
@@robbie192he still was dominant and either 1 or 2 from 83-85 w graphite racquet
@@robbie192not completely…his level went way up once he transitioned to graphite…he took like a year off in his prime…that’s what really caused his decline. His game was perfect for his time
Lendl will always be my all-time favorite player.
Very dry player. Not at all interesting to see him play.
Zero personality
@@iggypopisgod9 like all modern players
@@iggypopisgod9????? Are you crazy????
Lendl THE BEST
John was an artist on the court, imo the best in that way. I tried to base my own game on his. We will never see another tennis player like him he is unique in that sense.
Agreed. And unless courts are sped up again we are unlikely to see a less powerful 'artistic' player like McEnroe again. When a player like Federer loses on grass to Nadal, you know courts are too slow.
Match of stunning quality! But it's made that extra special because of the contrast of styles that was still IN BALANCE. The magic of Johnny Mac was in full display here in way that Roger can never equal with Rafa.
Modern technology and bio-mechanics and Phisio training completely tipped the balance in favour of the styles ushered by Lendl !
P.S. While these were/are my two favourite players of the era - I feel an urge to string my Max 200G with low tension syn Gut (Nat Gut?) and go out and try a bit of that magic :-)
Well, I don't understand why no limits are set when it comes to racket technology. In baseball you have to use a wooden bat. Remember the 1990s when players like Sampras came along and just dominated with their serve? It was unwatchable. Now it's just pure baseline tennis and super huge rackets. The contrast of styles made tennis so good.
@@luperamos7307 Also, it's not like people didn't see it coming. McEnroe and Connors (among others) repeatedly talked about the danger of tennis becoming more and more one-dimensional ("the young guys hit it hard, and if that doesn't work, they hit it harder").
As a matter of fact, even the 1990s, enjoyable as the still were on occasion, were already a huge backwards step.
Just compare a match like this to any Agassi-Courier encounter, and you'll see what I mean.
Today, tennis is borderline unwatchable.
It's great in terms of statistics, but the actual game is but a shadow of what it used to be.
Lendl is the my hero, lendl is the greatest player of all time. If he plays same play in this generation player and he will be the highest Grand Slam champion, it's my dream to meet lendl in one day
LOL "Lendl is the greatest player of all time." Please. He was a great player - but there is literally not a single person on earth that could take someone seriously that said Lendl is the "greatest player of all time." He's not. And not a single metric says he is even close.
@@smitchix1 Well, he still holds a lot of records, for ex 5(!!!) years with over 90% match wins, no one else in the history of the game was that consistent even Federer had only 3 such seasons. I am not saying Lendl is the greatest, I don't think so. But he has the numbers to be in the conversation at least.
@@smitchix1 Ever played with that Adidas GTX Pro or Dunlop Max 200?
I doubt, that Djokovic or Nadal would have won 20 Grand Slam tournaments with racquets of that era.
The best player of all time should have won wimbledon! Sorry he is not!
Trois matchs et trois victoires de Lendl sur Mac enroe à Roland Garros,1981 3sets ,84 5 sets et une finale de légende et ce match en 88 match électrique sur deux jours ....
This is quite possibly the best match McEnroe played in 88 he just couldn't keep it going.
Mac est le plus grand joueur de tout les temps
Les deux joueurs qui se sont partagés la place de numéro sur la décennie 80 ,Mac enroe en 81,83,84 ,Lendl 85 86 87 et la majorité de l année 88 et 89
@@MrArnote McEnroe était encore solide jusqu'à l'open d'Australie 85..et encore je pense qu'une défaite face à Leconte, qui lui était supérieur ce jour là, à Melbourne, lui aurait rendu service, car l'américain vécu un long calvaire au tour suivant face à Zivojinovic....
LENDL NOT MACENROE!
@@leliondescavernes1747 ah oui, Leconte le "loser"😂
This match was played by Lendl as a final and mentally worn him out. Notice how he smiles very relaxed in the final interview (which is very unusual for him). In fact, in the next round he was eliminated
He also had a fairly bad chest muscle injury which restricted his game in the next round against svenson
9:06 That deep approach shot John hit followed by the knifing backhand volley was an awesome sequence
It's Late Dec. 2021...why is this the 1st time I'm seeing this ?? I've been watching (& playing) tennis for over 45 years...
In today's tennis everybody hugs the baseline and (practically) no one has a one-handed backhand. It makes no difference what you surface you play today in terms of an advantage. Tennis was so much better during the 80's and 90's.
Lendl with 94 titles in his career. Should have won more slams. He was 8 and 11 in finals. My fave back then.
ARTE,ARTE Y MAS ARTE
I can now clearly see the tension in Lendl's body in way I could not see at the time due to my lack of knowledge...
McEnroe's backhand is amazing and never talked about.
His ground strokes were wildly underrated. He had better ground strokes than Becker, EdBerg and Sampras. His backhand was way better than Sampras’.
@@MrPernell27 He had better groundstrokes than Edberg and was at the same level with Becker, but prime Sampras was at another level.
@@valeriocostantini1959 Comparing with Edbergs backhand? No he has not. Beckers forehand? Nowere close. Compare Becker 17 years old with him in Wimbledon 85..
@@SuperHammaren Yes but he had better forehand than Edberg and still a good backhand, while Edberg had an horrible forehand. Edberg wasn't a complete player at the baseline. Becker had good backhand and forehand but best Mcenroe ( like the one we see in the first tiebreak here) could compete with him.
MrPernell27, yeah right jajaja... You never saw Sampras’ backhand in his prime...
The tension between these two is crazy
the interview at the end and the tv set is definitely 80's :) .
McEnroe’s biggest strength was his ability to take the ball on the rise taking time away from you. As years went by, he lost (due to age) the spring on his first step to the ball which at this level is crucial.
An awesome rivalry
Definitely I like '80s
That is the answer👏👏👌😘
Ivan Lendl reached finals in French Open in 1982,1984,1985,1986,1987,and won thrice in 1984,1986,1987 but lost in 1982 to Borg in five sets and to Wilander in 1985 in four sets.In the above match McEnroe played very well,perhaps best on Paris clay court,some how it was not sufficient to defeat Ivan Lendl on his favourite surface.In Tennis history the rivalry between John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl was one of the best,if not the best.Spectators all over the world use to eagerly wait for their show down.Nowadays eventhouh we have three all time great champions Federer,Nadal and Diojkovic there is no rivalry and they play like friends, for this entire credit should go to Federer as he is exemplary in his sportsman spirit followed by Nadal and Diojkovic.They won 60 grand slam titles together (20 each) and played 89 grand slam finals(Federer 31, Diojkovic 30,Nadal,28) between 2003-2021 and spectators are not involving much as the results are always in expected lines.The youngsters should become much more competitive otherwise interest would wane among Spectators in Tennis,With due respect to Federer,Nadal and Diojkovic who are the most successful champions and considered all time greatest I would like to make following the competition in Men's Tennis from 1980 to 2000 was much more tougher with players like Borg, Connors, McEnroe,Lendl,Wilander,Edberg,Becker,Sampras,Agassi than 2001-2021 which was entirely dominated by only Federer,Nadal,Diojkovic and Andy Murray
Just a little correction: in 1982 17 year old Wilander beat Vilas. Borg and Lendl played in 1981.
Why u rate Federer, followed by rafa and novak in sportsmanship....
You did not show the counter-smash Mac did on the first game of the second set.
this is the tennis i watch every nite can do without the current game this is real
By mid/late 80's Mac slowed down half a step, especially at net. Too much messing around, celebrity, getting mixed up with Tatum O'neal, slacking off on training, learning/playing guitar with bands. Flipside-Lendl went on a strict practice, diet, fitness, and court stategy regimine SOLELY to turn the tables on Mcenroe after the early 80's.
Also his serve wasnt near as penetrating, didnt create the same spin and angles, and just not as consistent as it was pre 1986
McEnroe the genius.... Look, he the way he hit the ball, always mixing it all up, never really hitting the ball actually, sometime he was even just brushing the ball.... Any of you used to use his racket, and stringed them at 55lbs? 😀 Those nostalgic years....
McEnroe the petulant! Granted, his knowledge of the game is superb, but his antics on the court, a la Jimmy Connors over the years were ridiculous. The human factor in any sport swings both ways. At the recent 2018 US Open, the umpire came down from the chair to speak to a player in clear violation of umpire rules. McEnroe defended the umpire! The height of hypocrisy!. Can you imagine if it was done for his opponent who went on to beat big MAC! Shame on you, Chrisy, for not calling him out on his comment.
Not that big a genius, Lendl was better than him..
I never understood why anyone would be called a genius for having soft hands and the ability to hit a tennis ball with touch.
@@emg8810 shhhh
@@AjeshAlvoor dent even know where to start with that comment. Lendl more of a genius than McEnroe Haha. Go to sleep.
toute une époque !!!
Chang lost to McEnroe who lost to Lendl who lost to Svensson who lost to Leconte who lost to Wilander that year. Chang would win it the next year.
GMiltown You know I cannot remember Svenson. Must look him up.
Therefore Wilander would have beaten Svensson, Lendl, McEnroe and Chang, too. Just kidding, of course it is not working that way...
@@MultiStar83 Mats would have beaten all of them that year.
Steve G.A. Wasn’t it 1,0,1?
Who lost to your mum.
Troisième fois que ces joueurs se rencontrent à Roland Garros ils sont à leur sommet encore,cette année un Lendl numéro et favori,il gagne encore ce match terrible .
Federer is great. But the greatest tennis player I ever saw was John McEnroe.
McEnroe did well to even win a set
wow !
Good match.
I thought that Lendl dropped out of the 1988 French Open, presumably to prepare for Wimbledon, that being the one which he did not have. Must have been a year or so later that he did such.
1990 he skipped the FO, he lost in 88 In the 1/4) to Svennson
Had there been no rain delay during the first day of the 1988 French Open 4th Round match between McEnroe and Lendl, McEnroe would have probably defeated Lendl because Lendl served poorly on the first day of that match missing a lot of first serves. McEnroe was winning a lot of points attacking Lendl's 2nd serve. But when they resumed the match the next day in sunny weather, Lendl's serve and game were absolutely sharp and he defeated McEnroe.
Has to be said though that McEnroe was lacking match play and fitness. His form was bound to deteriorate the longer the match went on. The delay helped him just as much as it hurt him - it gave him time to rest.
Times have changed. When a player takes of his shirt today, half the court is screaming?! Time
Love the people smoking in the stands 😂😂😂
McEnroe robbed by Kaufmann of he second set. Disgusting that he changed the history of the match. His own hate if McEnroe came through right there.
@ Jason Cowell. First, I doubt that chair umpire Richard Ings "hated" John McEnroe despite their verbal confrontation during a McEnroe match at the U.S. Open early in Ings' chair umpiring career, although no chair umpire, obviously, liked to be verbally abused by McEnroe. Second, Richard Ings was not the chair umpire in the 1988 French Open 4th Round match between McEnroe and Lendl! Rich Kauffman was the chair umpire for that match! Third, the point that you are probably referring to was the one in which Lendl hit a shot that landed on or very close to McEnroe's baseline on the deuce court side of McEnroe's side of the court during the second set tiebreaker. This videotape of part of that match doesn't show the discussion by McEnroe with Kauffman over the baselinesman's call of good on Lendl's forehand that hit on or near McEnroe's baseline, but as I recall, McEnroe asked Kauffman to ask the baselinesman to go check the mark and Kauffman didn't order the baselinesman to check the mark. That was the mistake Kauffman made. And he himself (Kauffman) should have gotten out of the chair to check for the mark on or near the baseline to verify if the baselinesman made the correct call on that point.
@@michaelbarlow6610 yes, Kaufmann. your point (besides writing a long essay about what can be seen in this video)
And then Lendl goes out in the next round in straight sets v Svensson. Looks like this match took a lot out of Lendl mentally more than anything.
Any match against McEnroe would do that!
Lendl also had a nasty chest injury against Svensson that restricted his reach and required ongoing treatment with ice sprays. 1988 was a pretty horrific year for him injury wise. In early 1988 he had a stress fracture in his foot, he got the chest injury here, a thigh injury at Wimbledon and then later in 1988 he needed surgery on his shoulder.
Incroyable le nombre de balles litigieuses qui ont impacté le score....John a souvent été volé au cours de sa carrière.
Comment ne pas péter un câble après ça......
il doit gagner le deuxieme set scandaleux
Lendl clearly played a point on a second bounce.
Lendl played McEnroe 3 times at the French, never lost 81, 84, 88....84 being the most memorable. Lendl should have at least made the final here but a relatively unknown swede called Svennson knocked him out in the next round.
mac was a big spoiled baby....red vkay of RG humbled him
many times
A 0:26 la balle rebondit une 2 ème fois. Mac enroe est étonné que l' arbitre ne la voit pas. Il lève le bras et continue de jouer.
Larmort mais raconte pas des conneries , la balle rebondis 1 fois. Et puis tu crois vraiment que McEnroe aurais continué le jeu si c'etait le cas ?
Big Lendl big
@5:16 Mcenroe yells "Could that make MORE noise at a more inappropriate time?"...Absolutely right...his serve ran into some fucking metal wall that caused a BOOM like a god damn construction site....its a tie break...silence enhances the drama..its the French Open...
How is it Americans are never thought how to move on clay? Well, apart from Currier. Mac and Agassi did well considering they refused to slide into the shot.
Denis Daly there are very few red clay courts in america. Also, the grips americans use are generally for faster surfaces with lower bounces. Americans tend to be more aggressive which isn't always good on slow clay. Especially the slow clay of the 1980's. Agassi won 1 French open and lost in 2 finals so he did better than ok
Miro Reverby yes, I forgot Chang, who did like clay because he was quick on the court and stayed back.
John's game works on lightning reflexes, but he loses a step in post-1989 and his level of play on clay drops dramatically. No more GS singles, but he does win GS doubles. Is John McEnroe the best doubles player of all time?
He is the best volleyer Of the game and since doubles points are often decided at the net, he may we'll be the best doubles player of all time.
Mac avais 1style bien a lui👍💛
LENDL THE BEST!
Best Player ever!
Who?
You mean McEnroe, obviously.
Yes Lendl of course!
@@stevephlyer Ivan
Mcenroe is the only player I’ve ever seen who can pounce hit clean winners which are 30 yards from his wrong footed opponent.
Not true
if sunny day Mac should certainly win
Lendl semblait en pleine forme face à un très bon McEnroe...au tour suivant le tchécoslovaque perd contre Svensson....
Mac playing 50 per cent better than 84.
Definitely feels/looks like less than 15Kg on that Max 200G
How does on feel a tension through youtube? So what do you reckon - 14kg? 13kg? You do realise that no pro in history has ever strung at any tension that low even with modern low-tension-friendly strings?
mac must win this match
17'36 that was in ... an empire s mistake cost a lot ... mc enroe could win the second set and lead 2 0
What mistake?? the line-judge called out (unfortunate for sure), but the umpire called correction and ordered to replay the point ! no mistake by the umpire, only bad luck by Johnny Mac.
The point should have been called for Mac. It was called out after Lendl made contact and it looked like Lendl's shot was short of the net. It was a mistake to play two.
la balle blanchit la ligne on le voit tres bien
McEnroes max 200g was stung at 45pounds.
Sometimes as low as 38 lbs
The McEnroe backhand is such a strange-looking shot.
Jose Martinez
His forehand also
he pushes the ball
he keeps his wrist straight, no lag so it seems
and serve? LOL :D
Van Gogh was strange too...only one ear. But my god he was a beautiful artist.
It’s partly to do with the fact that he uses a continental forehand grip, a grip more suitable for slice backhand and volleys and serves in some cases. Basically this grip isn’t designed to generate power with heavy top spin like Lendl Leconte Gasquet Federer or Wavrinka. Mac compensated with amazing touch and a very loose strung racket generating his power by taking the ball early after the bounce. His style of play and shot making was also very economical and perhaps too casual if not lazy or careless at times.... But you’re right the way he goes about hitting a tennis ball is certainly very different than anyone I’ve seen at the top level in the history of the game. There is a video of him playing basketball and even then he looks awkward but ever so efficient
McEnroe had the better of Borg. Borg prevailed over Lendl and Lendl had McEnroe on the run. Ironical.
Orthodox vs Unorthodox
No handshake with chair umpire by McEnroe!?
he was very rude, disrespectful, complainer, no class at all; so unlike fed, rafa, novak who all have so much class
he almost never shook the ump's hand.
Why shake the hand of the ump who clearly stole a couple of key points on your favor? In any case Mac would hardly ever shake the hands of the umpires, except one or two he knew well and respected.
tennis was more interesting and amusing at that time. After Nastase and Mc Enroe, the only player who has been so talented is Federer. The others hit very strong, run very fast, but.............
Seems like roach told lendl to stay way back on serve and then come in hard it worked in 84 and 88 sux John lost in 84 he was up 2 sets kudos to roach and the precision of lendl
FO ? ..... laissez la force aux ouvriers!!!
C'est vachement fute-fute de mettre le score sous la vidéo !!!! Non?! hein?! non?! hein dis t'en penses quoi ? juste entre nous.... hein d'inscrire le score sous la vidéo... de regarder un match où qu'on connait déjà le score tu trouves çà malin ? hein dis.....t'as pensé à çà ? hein?! ...... Et py FO c'est qui ? non seulement on sait pas ce que c'est maisen + on connait le résultat avant la 1 ère balle!!! qui commence à.... 6-6!! SPORTIIIIF!!
It's incredible if you look at these athletes and they're so good at this sport that they're so skinny, like no muscle at all like they're starving
You wouldn't say that if you saw Lendl up close back then.
Lendl’s was 6’2,195 which makes him bigger than nadal and federer. Boris Becker-6’3, Stefan Edberg-6’2, Mecir-6’5. These players from the 80’s and 90’s weren’t as small as you seem to think.
björn michels muscle weighs. Being heavy for tennis is not a good idea. Plus, muscled players fatigue after a couple of hours. Tennis players often need to go 3,4,5 and close to 6 hours.
@@MrPernell27 wrong, Lendl playing weight was 175. For 6'2" that's very lean
Mc enroe avait 2 défauts son mentale et sa condition physique. S'il avait soigné ses 2 éléments il aurait pu aller plus loin!!
Sacré handicap 😂 mais remarque très juste Mac n’avait aucune envie de jouer les filières longues ni de s’adapter à la rigueur physique de la technique moderne qui demande beaucoup plus d’effort que de jouer à une prise unique et un cordage très peu tendu et puis il n’avait pas d’entraîneur ni d’équipe pour le soutenir etc… quel personnage
Lendl👍
Mcenroes groundstrokes are woeful, but magnificent volleys and serve
MCENROE LE plus grand joueur de tennis de tous les temps
Lendl
Funny watching this match and think that Nadal would wipe the court with these guys, I still lpve all 3 of them, vintage tennis, did lendle understand all that French BS
Give Nadal an 80s racquet and he would loose in straight sets
Mcenroe and Lendl would have done just fine against Nadal. He played in the weakest era the sport ever had, they played in one of the strongest.
Nadal with a racquet and strings from the 80’s playing on this extremely slow court; he would both ave dominated these guys. He would probably still beat McEnroe but it would be very close. Lendl would have a very good chance and probably beat him.
Lendl beat Agassi, Agassi beat Federer, Federer beat Nadal. That said, yeah, Nadal would clean house.
@@uncletony6210 And McEnroe beat Lendl don't forget XD
McEnroe's game will have no chance in today's game.
He would do just fine. Apart from Federer, there is literally no one with an arsenal of shots like he had.
His game from the '80s wouldn't work. But who's to say, with today's bigger more powerful rackets, that he wouldn't adapt his game to a more modern approach?
It´s plain ridiculous to assume that "his game from the 80´s wouldn´t work". Guys like Lendl pretty much played today´s game, only with different equipment, and more variety.
Back in the day, if they couldn´t overpower McEnroe with big serves, they usually didn´t have much chance. And that could very well be the same with today´s stars. I don´t see how Nadal or Djokovic could outserve him, and they certainly couldn´t outfinesse him.. so they might very well find themselves on the losing side of things.
You don't know tennis. Please be quiet
@@jasoncowell5133 Silence, si'l vous plais.
Is there anything more horrible than those short shorts from the 80s.
Yes! The horrible long shorts that were inventend in the middle of the 90s. Rafa seems to feel the same way.
Hate nearly every McEnroe match. Such a bad sport.