Becker served, smashed, volleyed and half-volleyed very well in the match. Becker won many points on his second serve. He lobbed beautifully in the match especially in the first two sets and hit good approach shots. He returned well Noah's first serves and made a mockery of his second serve. He broke Noah 5 times in the match. Not once could Noah break Becker in the match. Noah was at sea when facing Becker's serve. Noah did not have even a breakpoint on Becker's serve in the match.
Also, if I recall, Noah had a real donnybrook with Alberto Mancini in the round previous to this. Noah beat Mancini in 5, and I remember it being a total slugfest of beautifully contrasting styles.
22:10 Thats the NOAH magic we were suppose to see throughout the whole match.
Becker served, smashed, volleyed and half-volleyed very well in the match. Becker won many points on his second serve. He lobbed beautifully in the match especially in the first two sets and hit good approach shots. He returned well Noah's first serves and made a mockery of his second serve. He broke Noah 5 times in the match. Not once could Noah break Becker in the match. Noah was at sea when facing Becker's serve. Noah did not have even a breakpoint on Becker's serve in the match.
Also, if I recall, Noah had a real donnybrook with Alberto Mancini in the round previous to this. Noah beat Mancini in 5, and I remember it being a total slugfest of beautifully contrasting styles.
greatpload. any videos of noah earlier in this tournament? there was a good one with amos mansdorf
Becker won against Noah in 1990 US Open also.
Head to Head I think Becker still beats Noah more from memory.