Thanks for the upload. I was a teenager during Ivan's heydays. I grew up hating his guts. In hindsight, I have no idea why. He was a fine champion, whose influence on the game is still felt today.
Despite becoming a naturalised American, Lendl got a lot of Cold War prejudice. People would emphasise his ‘strict regime’ in terms of training, and characterised him as ‘robotic,’ marginalising his talent (I blame Rocky IV to an extent), which is kind of rich bearing in mind the guy gave everybody else a shot by playing for most of his career with a squash racket.
Lendl is brutal....Muster was still young....Ivan showed he was ready to win Wimbledon with serve and volley..feel sorry for him that never happened...his tennis iq was superb ,way above all his contemporaries...
The ironic thing is, had Lendl been playing today I feel he would have won Wimbledon at least 2 or 3 times because the bounce is so much slower and higher now than in Lendl's day.
jeffwads ~ Dude, it wasn’t a car/bike wreck, this is what happened, the night before he was scheduled to play a final against Lendl (I think in Miami), he was taking his bags out of a car’s trunk at a shopping mall or something when a car coming from the opposite direction crashed against Muster’s car head on. This caused the rear bumper to hit Muster on the knee, which led to surgery and months of insane recovery. And yes, the footage of his recovery is insane.
never noticed how wristy lendl's swing was before - muster was a good player, always gave it his all but i think his knee may have still been a factor - lendl looks a little nonchalant if not bored - still won
Ivan Lendl has never gotten the credit for having an excellent forehand drop shot. His forehand drop shot which he used very effectively during his tennis career has been a largely overlooked and underappreciated aspect of his game.
Oui en 1989,Lendl était encore à son meilleur niveau...avec un peu de réussite, il aurait pu battre Becker en demi-finale de Wimbledon cette année là et même pourquoi pas Edberg en finale...une victoire à Wimbledon 89 pour Lendl, aurait été le couronnement de sa carrière
i trained with his former trainer, hardass mfer, one of the best all around. constant pushing, constant demanding better by every stroke. he made you grind and fokus no matter what, one hour drill with that guy was more than 4 hours with regular youth competition trainer, a lot better like day and night difference. some may not liked him or his methods but as a player i can say i loved him. when training becomes a challenge, every stroke is a challegende todo it perfect, then its just more fun
I often wonder why Lendl stuck with that racquet there were bigger more powerful racquets around that surely would have given him more power on his ground strokes
When he first switched to mizuno in 1990, he used a bigger headed racquet. He felt that he couldn't control it though, so switched back to using his Adidas racquet, before mizuno made a smaller headed racquet more to his liking
Lendl is very smart and uses it to his advantage. It looks strange to see him wearing a long shirt lol.He Normally has it tucked in to funny.Muster got so frustrated with Lendl drop shots lmao
I suspect part of the reason Lendl was serving amd volleying so much was because Muster was known to be vulnerable to good serve and volley players, even on clay. He had a terrible head to head against Edberg (0-10), Sampras (2-9), Rafter (0-3) and had losses at the French Open to Becker, Stich, Sampras and Rafter.
What an admirable effort by Muster to not only recover from the severe knee injury caused by a drunk idiot driver in Key Biscayne, but to successfully come back as a professional Tennis player. Muster for sure still wasn't in his best form. However, this match was dominated by Ivan in a really impressive manner. And it was quite exceptional to see something like joy of playing on Ivan's side. He normally played way more conservatively, risking much less, not trying to play direct winners but rather wait for the opponents error. Throughout the last few games Ivan demonstrated his total superiority. He literally steamrolled Muster.
actually it is the slowest court you can imagine. this stadium isnt a tennis stadium but a multipurpose. so they created that clay court a week bevore the tournament. now the thing is, a clay needs years to settle good in, best if it can freeze in winter. it get solid underneath and faster. this however is just a pile of fucking sand. you can see when players slide how much sand the pile up. its insane
Si Muster n'avait pas eu cet improbable accident à Miami, juste avant sa finale face à Lendl,fin mars 1989,la saison (sur terre battue et sur dur),en aurait été profondément modifiée...
Lendl is the father of modern tennis, the most complete player by end of 80s. His volleys, supposedly his weakest link are better than Federer/Nadal/Djokovic
Lendl WAS a natural talent - he just proved that conditioning and training can make you WAY better. He vaulted men's tennis to a new level - just like Jimmy and then Mac did with aggression. Sampras followed but was only slightly improved the game re serve. Then the 3 GOATS took us to a whole new level which I believe is the peak that we will never see again.
Lendls knees appeared very stiff and his timing at the net was bad, which become apparent in Wimbledon at the higher pace. He should have stuck to his game there, I think he could have won in 86 but ruined it. He then played very well from the baseline in the beginning, got a break early in the match but then start to approach the net way too often, lost he grip he had versus Becker and got crushed in the end.
At 26:15 - Muster got that wrong. The linesman pointed at mark clearly closer to the trams than where Lendl hit it. So, the umpire was also wrong in affirming it... Muster should've asked the spectators.
Lendl was so tired that day, I don't know why. It should have been very wet. I think he wanted to make rallies short at the end by his good serve and volley.
@@jimmybrice6360 has to be said that the court was painfully slow too. You can see on some of the closeups when they slide, a large amount of top dressing flies up. That really slows the ball down.
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Thanks for the upload.
I was a teenager during Ivan's heydays. I grew up hating his guts.
In hindsight, I have no idea why. He was a fine champion, whose influence on the game is still felt today.
Despite becoming a naturalised American, Lendl got a lot of Cold War prejudice. People would emphasise his ‘strict regime’ in terms of training, and characterised him as ‘robotic,’ marginalising his talent (I blame Rocky IV to an extent), which is kind of rich bearing in mind the guy gave everybody else a shot by playing for most of his career with a squash racket.
Fue el primer tenista profesional de verdad. Entremos, dietas, horas en pista, trabajo con los golpees en el tenis...
Thank you very much for this gift. The late lendl, trying To be closer to the net in order to win his ghosts in wimbledon, still a great champion.
Great to see one handed back hands.
Like Federer...
@@sidh05 one in a million thats his point. Got it?
They should make double handers illegal. Then true artists shines. Not the crappy grunters all playing double handed clubs
Thanks for the upload. Been looking for quality Lendl and Muster exos, this was a great one!
Wonderful quality of video. Thanks from Rome Italy - Christmas 2020
Lendl is brutal....Muster was still young....Ivan showed he was ready to win Wimbledon with serve and volley..feel sorry for him that never happened...his tennis iq was superb ,way above all his contemporaries...
The ironic thing is, had Lendl been playing today I feel he would have won Wimbledon at least 2 or 3 times because the bounce is so much slower and higher now than in Lendl's day.
@@onthe4572totalmente deacuerdo 😉
I remember Muster got seriously injured in a car/bike wreck and he was practicing tennis in a wheelchair. Dude was insane.
jeffwads ~ Dude, it wasn’t a car/bike wreck, this is what happened, the night before he was scheduled to play a final against Lendl (I think in Miami), he was taking his bags out of a car’s trunk at a shopping mall or something when a car coming from the opposite direction crashed against Muster’s car head on. This caused the rear bumper to hit Muster on the knee, which led to surgery and months of insane recovery. And yes, the footage of his recovery is insane.
At that time it was real men, hard nut to crack !
That Is Ivan Lendl Era...He is tHe BEST
If Muster is a King of Clay, then Lendl is a Super King of Clay!
СУПЕРПУПЕРКИНГОФКЛЕЙ ЭТО МАЙКЛ ЧАНГ!! ТЕБЕ ТО НЕ ЗНАТЬ,ГЛУПЫЙ ПЕРЕНЬ ИЗ ГОНКОНГА!!🤣🌺🤣
never noticed how wristy lendl's swing was before - muster was a good player, always gave it his all but i think his knee may have still been a factor - lendl looks a little nonchalant if not bored - still won
Incredible!!!!! One of the bests Games .
Ivan Lendl has never gotten the credit for having an excellent forehand drop shot. His forehand drop shot which he used very effectively during his tennis career has been a largely overlooked and underappreciated aspect of his game.
It was, and his forehand volley was no joke either.
Su golpe de revés era fantástico. Uno de los mejores reveses de la historia moderna del tenis, a una mano
Fantastic Lendl
I think this was muster's first match after his knee injury.
Lendl could beat anybody today in his prime with the equivalent of a wooden racquet
LENDL THE BEST 👍
Oui en 1989,Lendl était encore à son meilleur niveau...avec un peu de réussite, il aurait pu battre Becker en demi-finale de Wimbledon cette année là et même pourquoi pas Edberg en finale...une victoire à Wimbledon 89 pour Lendl, aurait été le couronnement de sa carrière
Never seen Lendl serve and volley so much. Especially on clay.
Wow, Lendl serve and volleyed every point of his last service game. Must have been working on that for the grass season.
Lend was my hero growing up...I even played like him...but he morphed into an American and that just unfortunately didn't sit with him.
i trained with his former trainer, hardass mfer, one of the best all around. constant pushing, constant demanding better by every stroke.
he made you grind and fokus no matter what, one hour drill with that guy was more than 4 hours with regular youth competition trainer, a lot better like day and night difference.
some may not liked him or his methods but as a player i can say i loved him. when training becomes a challenge, every stroke is a challegende todo it perfect, then its just more fun
Damn that last game there though, hey Thomas is it ? lemme just bring my level up to insane levels kk ?
good video quality--good match
Fantastic is the last game played from Lendl
He had changed completely his tactics playing serve&volley, waiting the more important time of the match
Ma sai una sega te !!! Jajajaj
Too strong Lendl for muster
I often wonder why Lendl stuck with that racquet there were bigger more powerful racquets around that surely would have given him more power on his ground strokes
When he first switched to mizuno in 1990, he used a bigger headed racquet. He felt that he couldn't control it though, so switched back to using his Adidas racquet, before mizuno made a smaller headed racquet more to his liking
Lendl is very smart and uses it to his advantage. It looks strange to see him wearing a long shirt lol.He Normally has it tucked in to funny.Muster got so frustrated with Lendl drop shots lmao
Untucked shirt; yellow, rubber grip . . . who is the Lendl imposter?! :-)
it's an exho... Lendl was taking it easy. You can tell right away that he wasn't playing full out.
i'd forgotten about this match. muster was supposed to play lendl in key biscayne wasn't he.
I suspect part of the reason Lendl was serving amd volleying so much was because Muster was known to be vulnerable to good serve and volley players, even on clay. He had a terrible head to head against Edberg (0-10), Sampras (2-9), Rafter (0-3) and had losses at the French Open to Becker, Stich, Sampras and Rafter.
What an admirable effort by Muster to not only recover from the severe knee injury caused by a drunk idiot driver in Key Biscayne, but to successfully come back as a professional Tennis player. Muster for sure still wasn't in his best form.
However, this match was dominated by Ivan in a really impressive manner. And it was quite exceptional to see something like joy of playing on Ivan's side. He normally played way more conservatively, risking much less, not trying to play direct winners but rather wait for the opponents error. Throughout the last few games Ivan demonstrated his total superiority. He literally steamrolled Muster.
Oops. In rereading my comment I see that i left out a word, comment should read: " . . . Lendl left the game in a far better condition . . ." Cheers!
This could easily be the slowest tennis court ever.
Like Sampras in Davis cup vs Russia.
actually it is the slowest court you can imagine. this stadium isnt a tennis stadium but a multipurpose.
so they created that clay court a week bevore the tournament. now the thing is, a clay needs years to settle good in, best if it can freeze in winter. it get solid underneath and faster.
this however is just a pile of fucking sand. you can see when players slide how much sand the pile up.
its insane
It's like Wimbledon these days....
Si Muster n'avait pas eu cet improbable accident à Miami, juste avant sa finale face à Lendl,fin mars 1989,la saison (sur terre battue et sur dur),en aurait été profondément modifiée...
Merci pour cet précision je savais pas que c'était avant la finale de Miami
How shorts have become longer.
Lendl is the father of modern tennis, the most complete player by end of 80s. His volleys, supposedly his weakest link are better than Federer/Nadal/Djokovic
not better than Federer's volleys.
Sudhakar S Federer is a natural player/ volleyer. Lendl wasn't. His mastery of tennis was the result of hard work.
Lendl's volley better than Federer's???? I'm not trying to be a smart ass but do you play, I mean really play?
Lendl WAS a natural talent - he just proved that conditioning and training can make you WAY better. He vaulted men's tennis to a new level - just like Jimmy and then Mac did with aggression. Sampras followed but was only slightly improved the game re serve. Then the 3 GOATS took us to a whole new level which I believe is the peak that we will never see again.
Lendls knees appeared very stiff and his timing at the net was bad, which become apparent in Wimbledon at the higher pace. He should have stuck to his game there, I think he could have won in 86 but ruined it. He then played very well from the baseline in the beginning, got a break early in the match but then start to approach the net way too often, lost he grip he had versus Becker and got crushed in the end.
Lendl en grande maîtrise malgré un public très pro muster...
At 26:15 - Muster got that wrong. The linesman pointed at mark clearly closer to the trams than where Lendl hit it. So, the umpire was also wrong in affirming it...
Muster should've asked the spectators.
Oui l arbitre n est pas très clair
Ils auraient dû rejouer le point
Lendl grandissimo, ma Muster un vero galantuomo a riconoscere una palla buona chiamata fuori
Late 80s power tennis !!!
Lendl was so tired that day, I don't know why. It should have been very wet. I think he wanted to make rallies short at the end by his good serve and volley.
Leyendas!
Tennis vom feinsten. ✌
Muster was all heart but the least econo-mode style ever, that’s why he did not last long as a top player
Breakball?
People think today game is faster haha good one
23:15
Lendl never N danger in this match. Didn't C much modern day toweling off between points either...
Lendlにしては珍しくVooleyがよかった！
i know why lendl was coming in so much and volleying in this match, that was muster's weakness
Muster's style reminds me a bit of Nadal.
looking at this match, muster had no oomph to his shots, only his voice. lendl is very calmly just getting the ball back. never being threatened.
@@jimmybrice6360 has to be said that the court was painfully slow too. You can see on some of the closeups when they slide, a large amount of top dressing flies up. That really slows the ball down.
Dominic thiem very similar too
Muster plays quite similarly to Guillermo Vilas. Not so much Nadal.
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