The great Ivan Lendl. The best player of the 80's. And in probably not winning Wimbledon he is remembered even more..the super human effort, the preparation, the drive, the intensity..all is what makes him amongst the greats.
Becker Was The Best Player Of This Generation (Lendl, Edberg, Wilander). He Had The Whole Package Of Shots, The Mental Strength In All Finals Against Lendl, A 25 To 10 Win Statistic Against Edberg And One Of His Best Matches Ever 1989 And A 7:3 Head To Head Against Wilander. Boris Also Had Special Shots Like "The Dive" And Others, His Big Service, Good Baseline-Play On Forehand And Back And A Very Good Serve And Volley Game. If He Was In The Zone, No One Of Them Could Stop Him.
@@M.EngelhART Lendl won 8 Grand Slam Titels (21 Finals), reached 8 (!) US Open Finals in a row, 5 Masters titles, 93 ATP Single Tournaments and 157 Weeks at the No. 1 spot. Becker is nowhere near that...
@@M.EngelhART ..the best player is decided by the no of slams won and who is the No 1 player for the majority of the decade..in 80's Lendl won 8 and Becker 4, Lendl won 5 Masters and Becker won 1..and similar in terms of other tournaments, Lendl also was world no 1 for 270 weeks, Becker was never No 1 in the 80's decade, he only reached the No 1 position in 1991..so the results of the respective players speak louder than words. In fact Boris was at best no 4 after Lendl, Mcnroe, Wilander as far as the 80's decade is concerned. He won 3 Wimbledon titles but other than that his results were no where close to the the trio mentioned above from 1981 to 1990.
1989 Wimbledon semi final. This was the best match Lendl played at Wimbledon period. He was a bit unlucky in this match. Becker had his measure in the big matches though.
Indeed, he was playing fantastic grass tennis in that match. I am convinced that were it not for the dodgy call at 1-2 / 0-15 in the 5th, if he kept serve he had a very good chance to win that match, and on that form the final against Edberg.
Ironically it was 89 loss at FO to Chang that gave Lendl extra prep time for W. This was his best W match ever and he was the only player to take a set from Becker in the 89 tournament.
The curse of Ivan Lendl was Wimbledon (he deserved to win at least one time The Championship). Unfortunately he faced Becker and Edberg and the big chance with Cash was not exploited. At the same time Becker never won on clay and in particular the French Open. He had the great chance in 1989 but he was defeated by Edberg (I think if he had won probably he would had won the final with Chang because his play was more powerful than that of Edberg).
Geez the grass courts were so quick those days at Wimbledon that's why the players were assured while playing serve and volley game these days they are so slow and the ball bounce is so high !!!
I'm not sure I would rate Lendls grass game over a McEnroe or Cash, but he definitely had a better game then people give him credit for, and if it wasn't for the 89 semi final rain delay he would have won the tournament.
The rivalry between Becker and Lendl was very close. Lendl had a narrow win-loss edge over Becker, winning 11, losing 10. Becker on the other hand, beat Lendl three times at Wimbledon, once at the Australian Open, and once at the US Open. Lendl won 8 grand slams, Becker 6. Lendl played in 8 consecutive US Open Finals. In a space of 11 years, Becker played in 7 Wimbledon Finals.
Becker beat Lendl in the Wimbledon Final, US Open Final AND Australian Open Final. Lendl never best Becker in any such big match, Becker beat him on all 3 surfaces when it mattered most
I think Ivan in this match has played very well, he adapted to the grass amazingly, even though he still lost in the Final to Borisll Becker who is very good at playing on grass
Becker was invincible in the 1989 wimbledon,no one could beat him. The only threat was Ivan Lendl. But boris beat him in this moral finale! 💪👍both men played excellently!!!
At this stage in his young career, Boris was a Wunderkind, a real force of Nature, especially at Wimbledon before they slowed the Courts down, and Lendl did extremely well to stay the pace with Boris at this time!!
Amazing how different Tennis is played today. Only a few rallies really. Mostly serve and volley. Federer still did this a lot, IMO but its mostly a complete different game today.
Lendl played a great match in this semi. Only the rain stop could save Becker from losing this match... please add the rain stop to this video ... just to let people know how lucky Becker has been that day
@ppm120667 There's a pretty dodgy call against Lendl at 1-2 in the 5th that puts him 0-30 and he eventually goes to lose his serve. Becker was fantastic on the day, but if it's not for this incident, it's anyone's game really.
Like you know this for a fact. This is sports. If Lendel couldn’t keep his momentum that’s not Beckers fault. Also no one can predict rain. And plenty of matches were interrupted with the already wining player actually winning the match. So in the end, it really doesn’t matter.
I still don't understand how Lendl lost this match. He played so well. Never lost focus. Becker had several down the middle aces and several difficult backhand passing shots. Perhaps if Lendl had stayed back to rally instead of serve and volley? But Becker wasn't allowing that. He went to net at every opportunity himself. Maybe if Lendl had changed raquet midway through last set, it could have helped. Who knows.
I wonder how Lendl (and Mats Wilander for that matter) would have done at Wimbledon if the grass had been like it is now, not the superfast, skidding grass that there was then.
Ivan in the beginning of the 3rd set was dominating the match. After the rain break he should have mixed it up more and kept Becker guessing. He could have stayed back on second serves and even some first serves, served more at the body of Boris. Also the sting in the serve could have been more given it was grass. Clearly Boris had a much stronger serve and that is always an advantage on grass and no wonder Lendl could not break him from 3-2 in the fourth set.
Lendl's reaction @16:14 .. what a ... charming man. The consistent head movement after a point one.. as if he's pumping himself up.. didn't know he did so much of it! Seems like a tick .. or some autistic thing.. same as with his pulling up of one of his shoulders sometimes.. as if he's not at ease. at the time I was actually rooting for Lendl.. him being nr 1 and because of his mechanics.. it looked more esthetically pleasing. But his whole demeanor.. like.. in e v e r y match.. such gloom and lack of joy.
Forgot how many blown calls were in this match *against* Ivan. I think without the biased judging Ivan would’ve pulled this off! Too much hostile intent against him at Wimby smh.
Comparing the number of slams Lendl won in the 80s to those of Becker in the 80s is a joke because Becker played almost half the decade and Lendl played the whole decade. Lendl was surely the most consistent but Becker was the best among Lendl, Edberg, Mcenroe, Cash and Wilander. His head to head record against these players is a proof. He was too strong in the head to heads, only against Lendl its a close 10-11 (12-12 including exhibition matches) but he owned Lendl at grand slams.
Lendl qui a du se confronter et s incliner face aux meilleurs sur herbe ,en 83 contre Mac enroe ,84 contre Connors ,88 et 89 contre Becker et 90 contre Edberg chaque fois en demi-finale demi-finale et perd en finale 86 et 87 contre Becker et Cash ...petit cocorico en 85 c Leconte qui a stoppé le champion tchèque
Lendl becker was a grudge match. They didn't like each . Becker annoyed lendl with the power the volleys and Wimbledon 89. The masters let call to win the masters against lendl in 1988.
How tf does Ivan pull off such piercing passing shots with that small-ass racket. People aren’t giving Ivan enough credit, he dominated playing with *that*.
Lendl could never win Wimbledon. He reached 2 finals 86 and 87 and lost to Becker and Cash. His game was not meant for grass. Still great a champion though!
But here he plays almost perfect grass court tennis outclassing the best grass court player of the 80's in his own back yard. That shows his greatness. Pure effort and intensity.
Ivan really tried everything to win that damn Wimbledon title ( he s&v & skipped the FO ) .Ivan reached the semis of Wimbledon 5 other times exept his two final losses. I think Lendl deserved a Wimbledon title but he competed against the best s&v players.
@@suatkayatennis Yeah he skipped the French Open I believe in 1990 to prepare for Wimbledon. He beat Becker in Queens Finals 6-2 6-2. Many grass court fans thought he would win it this time around but could not beat Edberg in the Semis of Wimbledon in 90 and Edberg cruise his way to the finals and beat Becker n their third clash in the finals.
@John Smith Lendl was a solid clay and hard court player no doubt about that but his game was not suited for grass. That's one of the big reasons he could never beat the likes of a Pat Cash, Becker and Edberg in the Wimbledon pressure. He lost to David Wheaton in 91.
Lendl should have won this match. He played superb but a few bad calls and that rain delay ruined it. He could have won Wimbledon that year. In my opinion, 1989 was the best I have seen him on grass.
@ppm120667 To say they did not affect the outcome of the match is not correct. Ivan lost all those points and that is what turned the match. Clearly biased umpiring. Also the momentum was with Ivan and thus to say rain delay benefitted both is also not right. Becker started serving much better post the rain delay..before that Lendl was breaking him at will and Becker was losing it in the mind. Also Ivan was a great front runner and it would have been very difficulty for. Becker to turn this around against a confident and marauding Lendl.
I know man, I know. Unironically, if I had a time machine and the power to do so, stopping the rain delay in this match would be priority number 1 on my list.
Yes- having watched that just now, I’d have to agree that that was probably the best that Lendl ever played on the Grass, and he was playing like a natural Grass Court king! That Bad line call definitely cost him the Match, you could see it effect him clearly, Mentally after that it was a huge Mountain for him to climb again- he actually said it to the umpire when he appealed the call saying it was hard enough for him as it was, without the additional bad decisions going against him- Right there at the moment, Ivan Lendl lost that match! What a shame, because prior to that he was playing beautiful attacking Grass Court Tennis, and definitely had Becker on the Ropes…… Ivan was feigned never to reach those heights again at Wimbledon!
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Tennis was so much better during this period. I remember this like yesterday.
Becker would beat djokovic 62 62 64 on grass
Becker would beat all today’s big 3 on Wimbledon’s fast Grass by the very same score, same as Pete Sampras would!!
According to me, Becker would be totally destroyèrent by Djokovic on gras. Évolution of tennis is enormous.
I miss those serve n volley days at Wimbledon
The great Ivan Lendl. The best player of the 80's. And in probably not winning Wimbledon he is remembered even more..the super human effort, the preparation, the drive, the intensity..all is what makes him amongst the greats.
Becker Was The Best Player Of This Generation (Lendl, Edberg, Wilander). He Had The Whole Package Of Shots, The Mental Strength In All Finals Against Lendl, A 25 To 10 Win Statistic Against Edberg And One Of His Best Matches Ever 1989 And A 7:3 Head To Head Against Wilander. Boris Also Had Special Shots Like "The Dive" And Others, His Big Service, Good Baseline-Play On Forehand And Back And A Very Good Serve And Volley Game. If He Was In The Zone, No One Of Them Could Stop Him.
@@M.EngelhART Absolutely agree. In finest condition, he was unstoppable by anyone in his generation.
@@M.EngelhART and yet Lendl was No. 1.
@@M.EngelhART Lendl won 8 Grand Slam Titels (21 Finals), reached 8 (!) US Open Finals in a row, 5 Masters titles, 93 ATP Single Tournaments and 157 Weeks at the No. 1 spot. Becker is nowhere near that...
@@M.EngelhART ..the best player is decided by the no of slams won and who is the No 1 player for the majority of the decade..in 80's Lendl won 8 and Becker 4, Lendl won 5 Masters and Becker won 1..and similar in terms of other tournaments, Lendl also was world no 1 for 270 weeks, Becker was never No 1 in the 80's decade, he only reached the No 1 position in 1991..so the results of the respective players speak louder than words. In fact Boris was at best no 4 after Lendl, Mcnroe, Wilander as far as the 80's decade is concerned. He won 3 Wimbledon titles but other than that his results were no where close to the the trio mentioned above from 1981 to 1990.
The backhand from Becker in 1989 wimbledon was something else.
Unbelievable shot making on both sides.
1989 Wimbledon semi final. This was the best match Lendl played at Wimbledon period. He was a bit unlucky in this match. Becker had his measure in the big matches though.
Indeed, he was playing fantastic grass tennis in that match. I am convinced that were it not for the dodgy call at 1-2 / 0-15 in the 5th, if he kept serve he had a very good chance to win that match, and on that form the final against Edberg.
Ironically it was 89 loss at FO to Chang that gave Lendl extra prep time for W. This was his best W match ever and he was the only player to take a set from Becker in the 89 tournament.
The curse of Ivan Lendl was Wimbledon (he deserved to win at least one time The Championship). Unfortunately he faced Becker and Edberg and the big chance with Cash was not exploited.
At the same time Becker never won on clay and in particular the French Open. He had the great chance in 1989 but he was defeated by Edberg (I think if he had won probably he would had won the final with Chang because his play was more powerful than that of Edberg).
Geez the grass courts were so quick those days at Wimbledon that's why the players were assured while playing serve and volley game these days they are so slow and the ball bounce is so high !!!
I felt Lendl,s game outside of Beckers and Edbergs was tailor made for Wimbledon,s grass courts.Truly amazing he did not win one at least.
I'm not sure I would rate Lendls grass game over a McEnroe or Cash, but he definitely had a better game then people give him credit for, and if it wasn't for the 89 semi final rain delay he would have won the tournament.
Lendl was a smooth monster
He was a stone faced silent beast... the best on the run forehand and backhand shots ever... best up the line shots ever. He was pure terror
The rivalry between Becker and Lendl was very close. Lendl had a narrow win-loss edge over Becker, winning 11, losing 10. Becker on the other hand, beat Lendl three times at Wimbledon, once at the Australian Open, and once at the US Open. Lendl won 8 grand slams, Becker 6. Lendl played in 8 consecutive US Open Finals. In a space of 11 years, Becker played in 7 Wimbledon Finals.
Becker actually won 7 of the last 9 matches in their rivalry.
Becker beat Lendl in the Wimbledon Final, US Open Final AND Australian Open Final. Lendl never best Becker in any such big match, Becker beat him on all 3 surfaces when it mattered most
Lendl sounded like Martina ! It was pure volleying skills of Edberg and Becker which saved them against Lendl on many occasions.
I think Ivan in this match has played very well, he adapted to the grass amazingly, even though he still lost in the Final to Borisll Becker who is very good at playing on grass
Becker was invincible in the 1989 wimbledon,no one could beat him. The only threat was
Ivan Lendl. But boris beat him in this moral finale! 💪👍both men played excellently!!!
At this stage in his young career, Boris was a Wunderkind, a real force of Nature, especially at Wimbledon before they slowed the Courts down, and Lendl did extremely well to stay the pace with Boris at this time!!
In current era Lendl could have won Wimbledon easily. Its unfortunate he played to the strength of Becker, Cash and Edberg than his self.
Amazing how different Tennis is played today. Only a few rallies really. Mostly serve and volley. Federer still did this a lot, IMO but its mostly a complete different game today.
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Lendl played a great match in this semi. Only the rain stop could save Becker from losing this match... please add the rain stop to this video ... just to let people know how lucky Becker has been that day
@ppm120667 There's a pretty dodgy call against Lendl at 1-2 in the 5th that puts him 0-30 and he eventually goes to lose his serve. Becker was fantastic on the day, but if it's not for this incident, it's anyone's game really.
@ppm120667 the rain delays always help the loosing player and Lendl was a slow starter.
Lendl netted a rather easy overhead smash at 3-2, 40-30 4th set. Thereafter my world went dark . . .
Like you know this for a fact. This is sports. If Lendel couldn’t keep his momentum that’s not Beckers fault. Also no one can predict rain. And plenty of matches were interrupted with the already wining player actually winning the match. So in the end, it really doesn’t matter.
I still don't understand how Lendl lost this match. He played so well. Never lost focus. Becker had several down the middle aces and several difficult backhand passing shots. Perhaps if Lendl had stayed back to rally instead of serve and volley? But Becker wasn't allowing that. He went to net at every opportunity himself. Maybe if Lendl had changed raquet midway through last set, it could have helped. Who knows.
In Becker's words, Lendl lost because he "didn't believe he could win".
Sounds like a fair assessment.
この試合覚えてる。2人の使ってるラケット両方とも買った。
レンドル選手の着てるウェアも買った。
確かに↓の方が書いてるけどウィンブルドンだけ取れなかったけど、弱いわけでは無いので！
レンドル選手の時代は ライバルが凄かった。
サンプラス、フェデラーは ライバルが少なかったから メジャータイトルで差がついだけ！
I wonder how Lendl (and Mats Wilander for that matter) would have done at Wimbledon if the grass had been like it is now, not the superfast, skidding grass that there was then.
Ivan in the beginning of the 3rd set was dominating the match. After the rain break he should have mixed it up more and kept Becker guessing. He could have stayed back on second serves and even some first serves, served more at the body of Boris. Also the sting in the serve could have been more given it was grass. Clearly Boris had a much stronger serve and that is always an advantage on grass and no wonder Lendl could not break him from 3-2 in the fourth set.
So nice to watch old school attacking tennis. I'm not a fan of today's game of pushing and more pushing.
Poor Ivan didn't realize that the "weaker" shot was Boris forehand
Lendl's reaction @16:14 .. what a ... charming man.
The consistent head movement after a point one.. as if he's pumping himself up.. didn't know he did so much of it!
Seems like a tick .. or some autistic thing.. same as with his pulling up of one of his shoulders sometimes.. as if he's not at ease.
at the time I was actually rooting for Lendl.. him being nr 1 and because of his mechanics.. it looked more esthetically pleasing.
But his whole demeanor.. like.. in e v e r y match.. such gloom and lack of joy.
Becker serves with western grip?
Eastern
Eastern forehand grip. He had tremendous wrist flexibility.
Forgot how many blown calls were in this match *against* Ivan. I think without the biased judging Ivan would’ve pulled this off! Too much hostile intent against him at Wimby smh.
Lendl was so angry
Comparing the number of slams Lendl won in the 80s to those of Becker in the 80s is a joke because Becker played almost half the decade and Lendl played the whole decade. Lendl was surely the most consistent but Becker was the best among Lendl, Edberg, Mcenroe, Cash and Wilander. His head to head record against these players is a proof. He was too strong in the head to heads, only against Lendl its a close 10-11 (12-12 including exhibition matches) but he owned Lendl at grand slams.
Two great players, but Lendl was much more consistent. Unfortunately, Lendl faced the best players on grass ever and was unable to win Wimbledon...
Lendl qui a du se confronter et s incliner face aux meilleurs sur herbe ,en 83 contre Mac enroe ,84 contre Connors ,88 et 89 contre Becker et 90 contre Edberg chaque fois en demi-finale demi-finale et perd en finale 86 et 87 contre Becker et Cash ...petit cocorico en 85 c Leconte qui a stoppé le champion tchèque
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Lendl becker was a grudge match. They didn't like each . Becker annoyed lendl with the power the volleys and Wimbledon 89. The masters let call to win the masters against lendl in 1988.
レンドルはこのベッカー戦を制していたら優勝間違いなくしてた。
How tf does Ivan pull off such piercing passing shots with that small-ass racket. People aren’t giving Ivan enough credit, he dominated playing with *that*.
I hit a few balls with that recently, you are 100% right. The angles, the lobs are simply impossible to play with that stick
Lendl could never win Wimbledon. He reached 2 finals 86 and 87 and lost to Becker and Cash. His game was not meant for grass. Still great a champion though!
But here he plays almost perfect grass court tennis outclassing the best grass court player of the 80's in his own back yard. That shows his greatness. Pure effort and intensity.
Ivan really tried everything to win that damn Wimbledon title ( he s&v & skipped the FO ) .Ivan reached the semis of Wimbledon 5 other times exept his two final losses. I think Lendl deserved a Wimbledon title but he competed against the best s&v players.
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@@suatkayatennis Yeah he skipped the French Open I believe in 1990 to prepare for Wimbledon. He beat Becker in Queens Finals 6-2 6-2. Many grass court fans thought he would win it this time around but could not beat Edberg in the Semis of Wimbledon in 90 and Edberg cruise his way to the finals and beat Becker n their third clash in the finals.
@John Smith Lendl was a solid clay and hard court player no doubt about that but his game was not suited for grass. That's one of the big reasons he could never beat the likes of a Pat Cash, Becker and Edberg in the Wimbledon pressure. He lost to David Wheaton in 91.
Lendl should have won this match. He played superb but a few bad calls and that rain delay ruined it. He could have won Wimbledon that year. In my opinion, 1989 was the best I have seen him on grass.
@ppm120667 To say they did not affect the outcome of the match is not correct. Ivan lost all those points and that is what turned the match. Clearly biased umpiring. Also the momentum was with Ivan and thus to say rain delay benefitted both is also not right. Becker started serving much better post the rain delay..before that Lendl was breaking him at will and Becker was losing it in the mind. Also Ivan was a great front runner and it would have been very difficulty for. Becker to turn this around against a confident and marauding Lendl.
@ppm120667 If they affected Lendl mentally, how did these bad calls not affect the game?
I know man, I know. Unironically, if I had a time machine and the power to do so, stopping the rain delay in this match would be priority number 1 on my list.
Lendl lost to Becker in all Finals in Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open
Like he wanted to kill Boris
Yes- having watched that just now, I’d have to agree that that was probably the best that Lendl ever played on the Grass, and he was playing like a natural Grass Court king!
That Bad line call definitely cost him the Match, you could see it effect him clearly, Mentally after that it was a huge Mountain for him to climb again- he actually said it to the umpire when he appealed the call saying it was hard enough for him as it was, without the additional bad decisions going against him- Right there at the moment, Ivan Lendl lost that match!
What a shame, because prior to that he was playing beautiful attacking Grass Court Tennis, and definitely had Becker on the Ropes……
Ivan was feigned never to reach those heights again at Wimbledon!